An ex-newspaper editor bought a tropical island for £8,000 and dedicated the rest of his life to restoring its appearance and nurturing its wildlife.
Brendon Grimshaw, from Dewsbury, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, abandoned his high-pressured old life in the face of unemployment - before the age of 40 - and took an extended holiday.
In 1962, he purchased Moyenne, a tiny island just half a mile wide in the luxurious Seychelles, a cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean.
