Sixty days on a ledge in the Atlantic: teacher aims to break Rockall record

Chris Cam' Cameron ready to set sail for barren rock 230 miles from nearest permanently inhabited place

A science teacher has found an unusual way of exorcising the loneliness and isolation of the repeated lockdowns during the Covid crisis. He plans to spend two months living alone on Rockall, a barren islet deep in the Atlantic.

Chris Cam" Cameron, 53, will set sail for Rockall this week in an attempt to break the record for occupying the sheer-sided chunk of granite. He plans to spend at least 60 days perched on a ledge measuring barely 4 metres by 1.5 metres, to raise money for charity.