SWNJhouse - by Sarah Ward

A woodcutter who built his own Hobbit House revealed he has never watched Lord of the Rings - and lives almost off-grid despite being nearly 90.

Great-grandad Stuart Grant, 89, moved into the cottage he bought as a wreck with no roof and no doors in 1984, while he was renovating a house.

But he found it so satisfying doing DIY on the quirky outbuilding which dated back 200 years, that he decided to make it his home.

Dad-of-two Stuart trained as a joiner but suffered from ME for 46 years so said he worked 'in slow motion' on the three-bedroom rustic pad.

He has been inundated with visitors to his home in Tomich, near Inverness, after his house was posted on a French tourist board's recommendations for north Scotland.

He doesn't have a mobile phone or use the internet and no longer drives due to his age, but he loves getting out and meeting people.

Stuart said: "I haven't watched Lord of the Rings.

"It's just a coincidence that my front door is almost the same shape and same kind of wood, oak.