on helping households cope with the rising cost of living but in the hebrides, it doesn t feel like that. the use of food banks is rising rapidly. these are economically fragile communities but they are also resilient communities, they will get through this, but it might a return to lives they thought they had left behind. 200 ewes lambing. some crofters, like donald mcsween, have contemplated returning to burning peat for heat, as well as growing their own food. it is almost going back to my grandfather s way of life, where you would have some livestock and some oats, barley, potatoes, carrots, turnips, this kind of really basic things, but it kept them alive. these current challenges are another reminder to hebrideans that living at europe s edge is often no protection from europe s problems.