For the past 20 years, Tom Leppard, known as the Leopard Man of Skye, has lived in a remote bothy under a roof made from plastic sheeting.The cabin, on a stretch of shoreline near Kyleakin, had no electricity or furniture and he had to canoe three miles for his weekly shopping.Mr Leppard, 73, said: “I’m getting too old for that kind of life.”

The London-born pensioner said he was slowly adjusting to his new life in Broadford, on Skye.

“It’s certainly very strange being surrounded by four walls and a roof but I’ll get used to it,” he said.

“I’m getting bits of furniture together all the time and I’m getting used to sleeping in a bed at night – it’s certainly more comfortable than I’m used to and electricity is very convenient.”

Mr Leppard, who spent £5,500 covering his body in leopard-like spots, was the world’s most tattooed man – a crown he held until recently.

In his crumbling previous home, he cooked on a gas stove and slept on a bed made from blocks of polystyrene and foam.

He said: “I had to canoe to Kyle once a week for shopping and it was getting too hard for me – I was one big wave away from disaster. It’s a pretty nasty stretch of water.”

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