It was once a home for dangerous pirates on Bristol’s maritime doorstep, before centuries of lawless misrule by a series of bizarre characters. But now in the week Lundy Island was named alongside some of the most stunning remote locations to visit in the world, visiting it just got a bit harder.
The restart of the summer ferry service from the Devon coast, which brings more than 20,000 day trippers each year, has had to be postponed for a month, because the ship that connects the beautiful rocky island with the rest of England has been hit by trouble.
This week, the Lundy Company has apologised to hundreds of people who had booked to visit Lundy for the day aboard MS Oldenburg, and for the time being at least, the only way for visitors to get to the island now is still by helicopter.
