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Article: Baa humbug! Meet the man who's chosen to spend Christmas on an island ...with only sheep for company.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- December 8, 2005
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Byline: GAVIN MADELEY
AS job descriptions go, it had all the appeal of being stuck in a real-life horror movie.
The successful applicant would spend Christmas and New Year alone on a desolate scrap of land surrounded by mountainous seas with only a radio - and a flock of sheep - for comfort.
But despite predictions this will be one of the harshest winters for years, the successful candidate insists he was delighted to be named caretaker of the isolated island of Sanda.
Former commercial pilot Andrew Farrington beat off more than 200 competitors from as far afield as the U.S. to land a role reminiscent of Jack Nicholson chiller The ...