Ex-Aussie mining engineer and Elphin Tearooms operator is named as Young Crofter of the Year By Caroline McMorran
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Updated: 11:54, 27 January 2021
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An Australian former mining engineer now living in Elphin has been named as the Scottish Crofting Federation s Young Crofter of the Year.
Helen O Keefe emigrated in 2015 after falling in love with the north west Highlands while on holiday in Scotland in 2012 and 2014.
Award winner Helen O Keefe has established a flock of nearly 100 Shetland sheep. A portion of the flock are crossed with a Beltex ram.