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Couldn't she just go back to her day job as an eco milkfloat?

Turn her into a boat! and see if you could sail her back to bristol!

Considering her range is limited, couldn't she become a tool for an isolated community that is missing public services such as post, library, health checks or other. I come from Belgium and we have buses that link up small villages for cancer check-ups, blood donations, multimedia borrowing (CD/DVD, language courses,etc.), books, perhaps even computers?

Would she like to come and live on teh Isle of Eigg, and be topped up every day with our renewable power and be part of the Eigg story that you can live on renewable energy easily and well.   We don't have public transport here, so perhaps she could become our community bus!  

Or maybe she could be an electric car share option for islanders who live on the North West side of the island, four miles from the shop/pier - that way they could get rid of some of the diesel powered cars they have.

Or maybe we could use her to transport visitors around our island and show them how our renewable power is generated

Or you could be an alternative to our tractor powered rubbish run - with people's rubbish being picked up by electric rather than diesel tractor and trailer power.

Or simply as a means of getting visitors who come to Eigg's luggage from the end of the pier to where they're staying - it's a long way to carry a bag in the rain!

Or she could be a mobile cinema, like this one http://reflectionsonacreativescotland.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/mobilepicturesalon.jpg?w=750

Or a mobile gallery, showing work by local as well as visiting artists across our island.... we could even take her on the ferry to neighbouring islands of Muck, Rum and Canna.  The Small Isles Daisy Dairy Eco Hub

Come to Eigg, Daisy.  You'll be much used, much loved and feel well at home after your renewable journey around the south west.

It could be also a good means of milk and groceries basket delivery from the local farmers to people with reduced mobility and the elderly, so they can also get access to fresh and healthy food if not able to join a co-op or go down to ther farmer themselves. Thumbs-up for asking, the more heads join up on this forum, the more ideas will flourish.

I think that Daisy was purpose built for a mobile food service!

In our small town of Chesterfield (Derbyshire), we've just started up a co-operative community food hub and will initially be doing veg bags/boxes and collectively buying from wholefood suppliers.  We're also looking to pick up surplus produce from local allotments to add to the veg scheme, with the objective of "Making Local Food Work".

Daisy could be used to deliver to local people who can't get out to pick up their food hub groceries and vegetables - a needs-based delivery service.

I have 20 solar panels on my roof and enough space behind the house near a plug to store Daisy.  
We'd top her up using daytime surplus solar electricity on a timer :^)

BTW, we saw you just outside Penzance when we were on our family holiday last summer, and waved!

Simon

P.S. We haven't any money to offer, but we could pick her up...

Our project is currently loking for funding that will convert a van into a mobile kitchen. Wewill be taking the van to villages in an around the Clay District of Cornwall. The project aims to teach young people how to cook. It also aims to teach them how to eat healthily. It will also give us a chance to meet young people and to discuss their needs. 

As a project we are building an off-grid shed that will only use self generated power. We use compost toilets and are committed to using alternative means to achieve our aims. For instance we are building a treadle powered lathe for our woodworking shop.

We are also mid way through designing a 4 wheel pushbike that will enable disabled users to cycle alongside able bodied users. 

The milk float would be an amazing gift and a challenge to see how we could build the kit to charge the batteries. We would have to take it home at first whilst we worked out how to keep it charged. 

Thanks for the opportunity. 

Rich

Why were they allowed to 'dump' Daisy there in the first place...totally irresponsible.

I was thinking the same thing - surely this is fly tipping and very far from anything eco?