Brendon Grimshaw, 86 Year Old Owner & Caretaker of a Tiny Tropical Island
http://youtu.be/vdqTmBGcg3M
On a whim in 1962, British newspaper editor Brendon Grimshaw bought the tiny deserted Moyenne Island in the Seychelles for £8,000. In 1972 he moved to the island and has remained its caretaker ever since. Now 86 years old (and yet remarkably spry and fit), Grimshaw has planted 16,000 trees and reintroduced giant tortoises to the island (see this BBC clip on Grimshaw). Developers have reportedly offered him $50 million dollars or more for the island, but he has always refused to sell. The island is now a national park.
Grimshaw and his island are the subject of a documentary, A Grain of Sand by Joseph Johnson Cami (trailer and feature).
E.D.W. Lynch
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