What do you do for living in the countryside of highlands?
Hi, I am in the highlands for my honeymoon with my freshly-married wife. We are italians, and we are used to the life of the countryside of the north of italy.
First of all: we are loving every bits of Scotland we are visiting. I could easily write a book on why we are enjoing the country so much (among the others, as a readhead I am finally feeling at home ), but while driving near Thurso we started to question how is the daily life here. In particular we can not imagine what can you do for living.
Of course, we know that near the cities there can be quite a similar work life as in the other cities of UK (apart for the contact with nature), but we saw everywhere plenty of little farms with 20/30 sheeps or cows, that in our mind are too few to provide any sort of stable income. Also, we couldn't see lot of cheese factories/sellers, and that puzzled us even more!
In summary: how is the life of a typical farmer/worker in the countryside of Highlands ?