Andy Strangeway (born 1965 in Londesborough, East Riding of Yorkshire), a decorator, adventurer and islomaniac from the Yorkshire Wolds, is the first - and so far the only - person to complete the challenge of landing and sleeping on all 162 of Scotland's islands of 40 hectares and above. One definition of an island is that used by Hamish Haswell-Smith in his book The Scottish Islands first published by Canongate in 1999. This list excludes bridged islands such as Skye and tidal islands such as Oronsay that are much larger than 40 hectares (99 acres). Strangeway's definition is simply "a piece of land surrounded by sea that you can't walk to".
- On 28 August 2007, Strangeway landed on Soay, St. Kilda becoming the first person on record to land on all of the major Scottish islands.
- On 29 August, he become the first person to sleep on them all.
On Saturday 8 August 2009, upon landing Out Stack, Andy Strangeway became the first person to land the four extreme points of Scotland, and is the first and so far only known person to achieve this feat.
| Direction | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| West | Soay, St Kilda | 28 August 2007 |
| South | Mull of Galloway | 31 March 2009 |
| East | Bound Skerry | 2 August 2009 |
| North | Out Stack | 8 August 2009 |
Strangeway is now an access rights campaigner.
On Saturday 6 March 2010, Strangeway assisted Uri Geller to land and sleep on the island of Lamb which he had bought a year earlier. It was Geller's first visit and Strangeway's second.
On 10 May 2010, Strangeway successfully applied for the first ever planning permission for Rockall to replace the Queen's plaque. This he intended to do in 2011 but was abandoned.
Upon landing and sleeping on the southerly point of Yorkshire on 5/6 February 2011 Strangeway became the first person to not only sleep on the summits of the three Ridings but also the first person to sleep on the seven extreme points of Yorkshire.
On 31 August 2011 Strangeway became the first person to sleep at each of the six extreme points of Great Britain solo on consecutive nights.
This is the extreme point route Strangeway took:
Thursday 25/Friday 26 – Southernmost point – Lizard Point, Cornwall
Friday 26 /Saturday 27 – Lowest point – Holme Fen, Huntingdonshire
Saturday 27/Sunday 28 – Easternmost point – Lowestoft Ness, Suffolk
Sunday 28/Monday 29 – Westernmost point – Corrachadh Mor, Argyllshire
Monday 29/Tuesday 30 – Northernmost point – Dunnet Head, Caithness
Tuesday 30/Wednesday31 – Highest point – Ben Nevis, Inverness-shire
In June 2012 Strangeway successfully campaigned for the removal of 69 No Overnight Parking signs on trunk roads in the Highlands. He followed this in September 2012 by successfully campaigning for an estimated 250 No Overnight Parking signs to be removed from none trunk roads across the Highlands.
A few days later in September 2012 Strangeway became the first person to sleep on the summit of all 52 counties of England and Wales.
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