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Book a Croft Camping Site for 2026
Tiree welcomes campers with cars, campervans, motorhomes and touring caravans. We hope you enjoy your stay. Campers who are walking, cycling or kayaking are free to wild camp responsibly around the island under the Scottish Outdoor Access Code. However, because of the fragile nature of Tiree’s machair, the grass and dune systems around the coast,…
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Naidheachdan Tilley: An Dùbhlachd 2025
Unfortunately Tilley had a fault in December, and we had to restrict her down to 100kW from the 5th to the 23rd. This means she only generated 78,978 kWh – still enough to power a 3kW kettle for 3 years! Generated in December 78,978 kWh Most Productive Day 31st December – 10,389 kWh Windiest Day…
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Tilley Updates: Nov 2025
Tilley generated 318,090 kWh in November – that’s enough power to run an 800W microwave for 45 years. Generated in November 318,090 kWh Most Productive Day 26th November – 16,404 kWh Windiest Day 31st Nov – averaged 42.2 mph Tilley measured the biggest gust of wind as 83.8mph on the 28th November. She is still…
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Community Wealth Building
A while back we took part in a project meeting a filming crew for Scottish Community Alliance putting together a series of case studies and material on the subject of Community Wealth Building, in preparation for parliamentary lobbying around relevant legislation. The campaign is now launching, and the first story to be told is ours!…
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Christmas Lights Switch On!
We’ve booked Bodach na Nollaig, and he can fit us into his diary on Weds the 3rd of December at 6pm! We’ll have mulled wine, hot chocolate and mince pies. Chì sinn ann sibh!
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Urras Thiriodh welcomes full restoration of connectivity to Tiree
Seven weeks after Storm Amy cut Tiree’s subsea cable supplying broadband, 4G and digital phone services, the island is back online. Tiree Community Development Trust has welcomed the completion of repairs and extended their thanks to the Scottish Government and BT for their work in resolving the fault, acknowledging that the repair was a substantial…
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Tiree Broadband is working normally
Thank you to everyone for being so careful with your Tiree Broadband usage over the last weeks. We are delighted to tell you that the network is back to normal. You should be able to use it at normal speeds – and you can watch Netflix to your heart’s content. If you mine bitcoin, you…
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We’re hiring: Community Projects Officer
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 9am on the Friday 5th of December 2025 – applications should be emailed to shari@tireetrust.org.uk This project development focussed role is primarily for the purpose of taking forward a funded climate adaptation project in partnership with Open University that involves working with local community members to devise and pilot local solutions /…
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Updated FAQ: Crossapol Solar Array
We’re expanding our existing solar array behind the Business Units in Crossapol to 150kW and adding a 50kW/102Kwh battery storage system. It’s a great new addition to our community-owned renewables. This project marks the beginning of a new chapter as we prepare (well in advance!) to replace Tilley, who is gracefully approaching retirement. While we…
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Update 10/11/2025: Subsea Cable Repair
We have been told that the rescheduled repair is going ahead as planned. The shore team should begin work on Weds the 12th of November. The cable laying vessel has left port and will hopefully join them before the end of the week. The cable work is expected to take up to 10 days. It…
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Urras Thiriodh
Tiree Community Development Trust
