Book description
Islands have always held a peculiar fascination for Ben Fogle.
Inspired by their solitude and escapism, he sets his heart on finding
one of his own.
After failed attempts to buy his retreat, he starts looking.
It s a search that takes him on a journey along the UK s coastline to
some of Britain s least well-known but most fascinating extremities.
Along the way he discovers communities still living by 16th century
laws, meets the king of a country founded on an abandoned floating
fort, and attempts to launch a full scale invasion on a forbidden
island with a 12. 99 Mr Incredible inflatable dinghy.
In the end his only hope, it seems, might lie on a barren windswept
crag of black rock in the middle of the North Atlantic
Islands evacuated, islands forgotten, islands left behind by time.
Ben s offshore adventure takes him in search of inspiration from those
who have made their home on the periphery of our society. And just
maybe, somewhere along the way, he might discover an island all of his
very own.
Ben Fogle was the star of the BBC's hit series Castaway 2000. Now
presenting
Country File,
Offshore
is Ben's second book, following his bestselling debut
The Teatime Islands
. He lives in London
