Pitcairn Islands ROYAL NAVY
LIKE many British people, I have always been vaguely aware of the existence of a place called the Pitcairn Islands. I would have struggled to point to it on a map, let alone name which ocean it is in. But I have just been there. It is a British overseas territory in the South Pacific, a four-day sail from Tahiti and over 500 kilometres from the nearest inhabited island – and the epic journey was worth it.
Pitcairn’s history is captivating. It was the final destination in 1790 of some of the Bounty mutineers and most of its inhabitants today are direct descendants…
