The Island
- Discovered by Portuguese sailor Tristao da Cunha in 1506
- 38 square miles
- Highest point – Queen Mary’s Peak – 6,765 feet (2,062 metres)
- 1750 miles west of Cape Town
- +/- 37 degrees south
- Population – 264 islanders
- Settlement – Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
- The most remote inhabited island in the world
Alasdair and Barbara (Bee) Wyllie
- Living in – Callander, Scotland
- Married – 1996
- Alasdair:- April 2016 accepted job as Agricultural Adviser to the Government of Tristan da Cunha
- Agriculturalist, rural engineer, chartered environmentalist
- Agricultural development work in some 12 different countries
- Bee – Farming background
- Professional cook
- Interests in sailing, fitness, walking, and Scottish Country Dancing
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