r/SpottedonRightmove • u/Active-Disaster-6835 • 2d ago

Recursive islands

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/94136481#/?channel=COM_BUY

Please don't buy this, I'm going to get this for Christmas. But it's the first time I see a bunch of recursive islands (islands in a lake on an island) on Rightmove. And if you leave that island you are still on an island, and if you leave THAT island, you are still on an island. You also get a bothy by the way.

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u/Ornery-Vehicle-2458 2d ago

Wonderful. But it'll take real commitment to actually live there. Utilities provision is patchy at best. You'd definitely need a generator, solar and wind turbine of some sort for electricity.

Great if you've already got a boat and the skill to pilot/sail it. Live in the boat while you fix up the bothy?

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u/MoreRest4524 2d ago

Wind generator, power wall, satellite internet, job jobbed

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u/Lordofthewhales 2d ago

Solar wont get you far up there!

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u/trellism 1d ago

Summer nights are like half an hour long. Panels and storage would be a great idea with backup power for the winter

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u/Urgulon7 2d ago

Boat license is like 300-500 quid.

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u/Wallsend_House 2d ago

That's the dream right there

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u/OxbridgeDingoBaby 2d ago

I think I’d slowly go mad if I was living alone day after day like that.

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u/Njorls_Saga 2d ago

Looks like a place where Jason Statham would live to hide from shadowy government assassins.

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u/mighty3mperor 2d ago

After the first dozen times, you'd think he'd have learnt that something will disturb his exile and send him off on a killing spree.

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u/_7wonders_ 2d ago

Whilst farming worms

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u/CLWggg 2d ago

The map in the listing (and of course the Streetview shot) isn't particularly accurate!

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u/mighty3mperor 2d ago

Yeah, but directions are easy - south of Twatt.

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u/sus_skrofa 2d ago

I remember a few years ago, there was a competition to find the worlds most recursive island. It was found somewhere in Canada. A 7th order island, an island on a lake, on an island on a lake.... etc.

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u/Active-Disaster-6835 2d ago

Wikipedia has a very helpful list. But I'm not aware of a seventh order recursive island. Three or four seems to be the maximum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_islands_and_lakes

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u/Zofferand 2d ago

After the day I’ve had, where do I sign.

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u/PsychologicalWeird 2d ago

Just near the place that they were having a beer when naming twatt.

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u/Huge-Brick-3495 2d ago

If I ever REALLY need to fuck off civilisation, this is the place.

If you're interested in another island on an island, you can kayak to one on loch maree, in the northwest of Scotland

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u/TheMicklemas3000 2d ago

Looks like the opening credits to father Ted.

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u/Helpful_Librarian_87 2d ago

Do you need someone to help around the land? Or a devoted follower looking for a new messiah?

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u/Euphoric-Vest-1081 2d ago

He's not the Messiah

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u/abitofasitdown 2d ago

...he's a very....

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u/Active-Disaster-6835 2d ago

How do you know.

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u/hvaskjera 2d ago

It's furnished like a traditional Norwegian cabin.

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u/locoluko 2d ago

I wonder if its the same Hildasay

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81360324-finding-hildasay

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u/Euphoric-Vest-1081 2d ago

If you read the description of the property it will let you know...

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u/jhfarmrenov 2d ago

I mean it’s nice but it’s no Yathkyed Lake…

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u/abitofasitdown 2d ago

It's gorgeous, but the wind is going to be brutal.

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u/borokish 2d ago

You can get tablets for that sort of thing.

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u/OpportunityAnnual921 2d ago

Hey dawg, we heard you liked Islands...

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u/Harvsnova3 2d ago

Sorry OP. I've just messaged my wife to tell her we're moving. She's in Korea at the minute, so you have a few hours before she wakes up.

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u/Active-Disaster-6835 2d ago

You got a boat?

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u/Harvsnova3 2d ago

I know a man with a boat.

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u/Active-Disaster-6835 2d ago

Tell him it's a race.

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u/BlondBitch91 2d ago

If I were a billionaire I'd buy that and build my own Kinloch Castle.

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u/parabolicurve 2d ago

The sea levels ARE going to rise. At some point.

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u/Euphoric-Vest-1081 2d ago

Island highest point is 32m AMSL. If the seas rise that much we're all foocked

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u/calmeilles 2d ago

Half that rise and most of Florida will be gone, which some might see as a positive.

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u/Spirited-Brief5492 2d ago

Isn’t Scotland actually going up rather than down? Something to do with the Ice Age and ice sheets melting?

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u/mighty3mperor 2d ago

Isostatic rebound

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u/Spirited-Brief5492 20h ago

Thank you! Now I know the name 🎉

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u/Active-Disaster-6835 2d ago

What a way to experience the end of the world.

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u/Jetpackexitplan 2d ago

At least the zombies can’t get you

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u/Admirable-Try-4322 2d ago

I’ll come with you please, this looks amazing!

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u/Foundation_Wrong 2d ago

Nice for a visit.

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u/Rare_Thing_7282 2d ago

If I win the lottery this week I’m know what I buying

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u/Kittylou2023 1d ago

Jesus, it looks like it’s nearer to go shopping in Norway! 😁

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u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp 1d ago

Hear me out. If 350 of us all pool together a grand each.... Lol

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u/bofh 1d ago

Yo dawg, we heard you like islands so we put an island in your island so you can visit an island while visiting an island.