JOHN MacLEOD: Last of the lighthouse keepers... the lonely souls who guarded our wild shores

Daily Mail - Nov 11, 2026

It was Tuesday, March 31, 1998 and, at Fair Isle South and with something of a lump in his throat, as dawn rose and the sky silvered, Bill Gault, 62, dimmed the lamp for the last time.

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