Sir,
Many crofters and hill farmers in Argyll must be following the North West Mull Community Woodland Company’s bid for the 4,500-acre island of Ulva under the right-to-buy legislation, with scepticism and incredulity.
The question is not how the group will succeed in raising the £4.25 million and very likely more, but how they will be able to generate sufficient income to cover the annual running costs. They won’t.