Offshore: In Search of an Island of My Own - Ben Fogle Reviews
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Newest Review: ... of. His trail takes him the length and breadth of our 1,000 or so islands, from the more obvious Isle of Man to obscure lumps ... more
... of rock I'd never even heard of, such as Rockall. All in all he visits 13 islands (Sark, Caldey, Bardsey, the Skerries, Isle of Man, Muck, Eigg, Gruinard Island, St Kilda, Shetland, Heligoland, Sealand and Rockall), getting the lowdown on island life from the islanders, boats crews and pub owners. Each island/island group is given a chapter ensuring quite a large amount of information is given on each, however, there is no mention of why he picked these particular 13 islands out of the thousand, which I would have li...more
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Ben Fogle Offshore: In Search of an Island of My Own Pages: 272, Hardcover, Michael Joseph Ltd Last Update 18.05.2013 16:11
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by - written on 25/04/09 (Very useful, 104 readings)
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After hitting the public eye by spending a year on the island of Taransay in the BBC's 'Castaway' programme, Ben Fogle has become a staple figure on the small screen presenting animal and travel related programmes such as Animal Park and Extreme Dreams. I've always found him personable and friendly in his shows so thought 'what the heck' when I spotted his book 'Offshore' in my local library. At only 258 pages, it wasn't going to take long to read even if it was complete rubbish - which, it turned out, it wasn't. 'Offshore' details Ben's travels to islands in the British Isles in the search for an island that he can buy and/or become King of. His trail takes ... Read the complete review
