{
  "id": 7091654,
  "title": "In 2001, Bear Grylls bought a £95,000 Welsh island and rebuilt its only home",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/in-2001-bear-grylls-bought-a-95-000-welsh-island-and-rebuilt-its-only",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-13T06:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/in-2001-bear-grylls-bought-a-remote-welsh-island-for-95000-after-four-years-rebuilding-its-only-house-it-now-runs-off-grid-on-wind-solar-and-harvested-rainwater/articleshow/134178760.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 2001, Bear Grylls bought a remote Welsh island for £95,000 when its only house was a “complete wreck”. He and friends spent four years rebuilding it. The island is now an off-grid family retreat, with the house powered by wind and solar energy and rainwater collected from its roof.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}