There are times when one feels that announcing a gap in one’s knowledge is setting oneself up for a spot of eyebrow-raising judgement. However, in case there are other fellow ‘not-in-the-knowers’, I am holding my hands up and admitting I have only this year ‘discovered’ that Somerset has an island.
Now, with my confession out in the open, let me introduce you to this very special ancient outcrop of rock which has been inhabited on and off (for those who knew it was there) for over 8,000 years. Meet my most recent acquaintance…the island of Steep Holm.
When you choose to step ashore on Somerset’s ‘secret’ island, you’ll be committing from the off because once
