Aye, you're all to holier than thou down in the suburbs, and the home counties, where transport is plentiful.
What about the thousands of people who have no access to public transport, and for whom the nearest supermarkt is at least 50 miles away, or more? They can't get Tesco to deliver you know!
For a site which covers the world like Mudcat does, it's contributors can be intensely parochial at times.
The highlands of Scotland, in common with many other remote regions in the UK, is not just a pretty place for tourists to visit. It is also home to thousands of people who have to make a living, and who do all the things that other people in the UK do.
They just have to travel further, and pay more, in order to do so!