The Teatime Islands: Adventures in Britain's Faraway Outposts - Softcover

Fogle, Ben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141010460 ISBN 13: 9780141010465

Publisher: Penguin, 2004

Synopsis

Welcomed with open arms, derided as a pig-ignorant tourist and occasionally mocked mercilessly for his trouble, Ben Fogle visited the last flag-flying outposts of the British Empire.

With caution, dignity and a spare pair of pants thrown to the wind, he set out to discover just exactly who would choose to live on islands as remote as these and - more importantly - tried to figure out exactly why. Landing himself on islands so isolated, wind-swept, barren and just damned peculiar that they might have Robinson Crusoe thinking twice, Fogle:

- Almost becomes lunch on the appropriately named Carcass Island

- Gets deported from Pitcairn for being both a spy and a smuggler

- Uncovers the story of the tyrant who became St Helena's most unwilling and least popular guest

- And witnesses a shark attack from a respectable distance.

Why he went, what he did when he got there and how exactly he got back in one piece makes for an eye-opening but affectionate look into life in these unique, peculiar places.

About this title

About the Author:

Ben Fogle was the star of the BBC's hit series Castaway 2000. Now presenting Country File, The Teatime Islands is Ben's first book. He lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0141010460
• ISBN 13: 9780141010465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288