Kelly Green, 32, moved from Eastbourne, East Sussex, lives on the world’s most remote islands that has just 138 inhabitants who are all served by one shop, one pub, and a school
A mum has told how she moved to live on the world’s most remote island – to become of its 138 inhabitants. More than 1,500 miles off the coast of South Africa, it is served by just one shop, one pub, and a school.
Kelly Green, 32, left behind her life Eastbourne, East Sussex, to move to Tristan da Cunha, one of a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, in July 2013.
The whole island descends from just seven families and has a population of just 138 inhabitants. It is only accessible by boat from Cape Town, South Africa, and the journey can take anywhere from a week to 15 days – depending on the weather. After going through a tough breakup, Kelly travelled to the island to visit her parents in 2010 as her dad was a diplomat posted there.
Whilst there, she met her future husband, Shane Green, 33, a carpenter, who helped her carry her luggage off the raft and “fell in love” with the island.
Kelly has been permanently living on the island since July 2013, and she now has two children with Shane – Savannah, eight, and Seren, 16-months.
Kelly says the island lifestyle is “a stark difference to the manic non-stop hustle and bustle of the UK” – and is focused on communal outdoors living with “everyone living off the land and chipping in”.
Kelly, head of the tourism board, said: “It’s like Emmerdale – but on an island and in a less dramatic way. We all know each other and what’s going on in each other’s lives.
