A former newspaper editor paid just £8,000 for a tropical island and has dedicated spent the rest of his life to restoring its appearance and nurturing the island wildlife.
Brendon Grimshaw, left behind his high-pressured life as he faced unemployment - before the age of 40 - and took an extended holiday.
In 1962, he bought Moyenne, a tiny island just half a mile wide in the luxurious Seychelles, a grouping of islands in the Indian Ocean.
The ex-journalist fell in love with his new home immediately, with its peaceful surroundings and wild tangle of vegetation. Brendon lived almost completely alone on the island, report Mirror Online.
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