Librarian Phil Preston has worked the Wester Ross route for the past six years and travels daily from his base Gairloch to places such as Garve, Torridon and Applecross, which is reached over the Bealach na Bà. Mr Preston said a fleet of 10 yellow mobile libraries – plus a spare – has now been reduced to seven vans.
Of these, five are standard Transits, which are now packed with crates, carry fewer books and have to be loaded and unloaded.
Librarian Phil Preston has worked the Wester Ross route for the past six years and travels daily from his base Gairloch to places such as Garve, Torridon and Applecross, which is reached over the Bealach na Bà.
“People love the service and they want to see it continue. A lot of the people I serve are single people living by themselves and they might not see people, apart from the postman, for two or three weeks and then the library arrives.
A spokesperson from Highlife Highland said it was working with Highland Council, which owns the vans, “to better understand how such services can be delivered including accessibility and customer needs. This will also help to inform replacement fleet requirements and to establish specifications and costs.”
A statement added: “High Life Highland is providing an alternative service for rural customers with the option of a drop-off of books to their homes to ensure that they have access to reading material and schools are also given the option of a drop-off of books to their building.
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