Ailsa craig - reduced, bargain...

[bikedaft]

http://search.knightfrank.com/edn100158

Mate used to spend his summers there as his uncle was a keeper. He went back 2 years ago to nosey around the derelict keeper's cottages, and recognised his aunt's wallpaper.

 

[Sgeir]

Hmm, probably end up with the new owner claiming that the landing area is part of his private garden.................

 

[oldbilbo]

Er, 'Paddy's Milestone' as it was known to generations of Weegies....

 

[bikedaft]

wonder if the vendor will want the bits of ailsa craig/paddy's milestone that are littering our back garden back? ;-)

got a good scaffy plank from there as well, the kids love walking off the end...

 

[lustyd]

It's got to be worth £1.5M to put a stop to curling, surely?

 

[Corribee Boy]

Paddy's stepping stone, surely?

Er, 'Paddy's Milestone' as it was known to generations of Weegies....

 

[OGITD]

Bits of Ailsa!

wonder if the vendor will want the bits of ailsa craig/paddy's milestone that are littering our back garden back? ;-)

I've got a quarter of a hole ..... couldn't manage a whole hole ..... as it was to heavy!

It's got to be worth £1.5M to put a stop to curling, surely?

At least!

 

[A1Sailor]

There is a delightful small cottage at the foot of the cliff on the east side and a ruined castle approximately 60 metres up the path.

 

[Romeo]

Who owns it at the moment, and what hold do RSPB have over it?

 

[lustyd]

what hold do RSPB have over it?

Why, are you planning to buy it to turn into a carpark? I can't imagine there's much you could do that will affect the birds on there.

 

[Romeo]

Why, are you planning to buy it to turn into a carpark? I can't imagine there's much you could do that will affect the birds on there.

Not planning to buy it, if I had the spare cash I would have other purposes for it. However always keep a wary eye on what the RSPB, a surprisingly rich landowner, is up to.

 

[Billjratt]

I think they de-ratted it so the puffins could proliferate again, some years ago. So the RSPB must have some sort of finger in the pie.
There were rumours of a posh "get away from it all" colony being established but obviously that fell by the wayside.
I can imagine it's quite bracing out there at the moment - torturous health spa anyone?

 

[bikedaft]

the rspb lease it - until 2050 - http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/280200-...t-in-negotiations-to-purchase-iconic-landmark

sounds like the rats are away

health farm - now there's an idea - its only 2miles in circumference, that would be a bracing swim...

 

[prv]

the rspb lease it - until 2050 - http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/280200-...t-in-negotiations-to-purchase-iconic-landmark

So you can buy it, but can't use it in any meaningful way (I guess depending on the terms of the lease) for the next 37 years?

Pete

 

[mainsail1]

And your annual return on capital is oh so poor! Methinks the 'bargain' needs to be more of a bargain.

So you can buy it, but can't use it in any meaningful way (I guess depending on the terms of the lease) for the next 37 years?

Pete

 

[Romeo]

And your annual return on capital is oh so poor! Methinks the 'bargain' needs to be more of a bargain.

Yup. RSPB say "..........we are not in a position to buy Ailsa Craig at its current asking price."

Hamish Haswell Smith book says owner is Marquess of Ailsa, although the useable bits, ie lighthouse compound, helipad and pier, are in seperate ownership. Bet the Marquis rues the day he granted such a long lease to antisocial tennants (read "Isles of the West"). I fail to see why anyone would buy it, even allowing for a bit of a vanity trip, for more than the RSPB will pay for it to cease the need to pay rent, presumably at about one third of current asking price.

However, nowt as queer as folk. One of our local rocks was bought by Uri Gellar because it "has links not only to the pyramids, but to King Arthur, King Robert the Bruce and to the ancient Kings of Ireland too. It might seem forbidding, and it is certainly uninhabitable, but it is also one of the keystones to British mythology, and I am thrilled to be its owner." http://site.uri-geller.com/why_i_bought_lamb_island

Aye right.

 

[lustyd]

So you can buy it, but can't use it in any meaningful way (I guess depending on the terms of the lease) for the next 37 years?

Pete

Given the shape I can't see much useful when the 37 years are up either without digging a residence inside the hill, but the RSPB probably wouldn't object to that if the construction was off season as the birds would be safe. Now I think about it, it would make a smashing hobbit dwelling...

 

[Amulet]

It would be a good place to send the RSPB - would all the members fit?

 

[dgadee]

If - as another post suggests - gannets are about to slump in numbers, what will take their place on Ailsa Craig do you think?

 

[Al Dickson]

Salmond would probably like to cover it in windmills ...