An adventurer has set out for a second bid at setting a world record by living alone for two months on a rock in the Atlantic.
Nick Hancock was forced to abandon a previous attempt to land on Rockall in May last year due to heavy seas.
The chartered surveyor of Ratho, Edinburgh, is determined to try again and is heading to the Hebrides to wait for a weather window.
He said: “It’s all weather dependent so I’ll go up to the Hebrides at the beginning of June and just wait.”
Once on the rock he plans to use technology to stave off loneliness.
He said: “I will be keeping in touch with my wife Pamela and my son Freddie, who is two, through Skype. I will also be in regular voice and text contact with my support team on the mainland.”
He aims to spend 60 days on the rock which is just 100ft wide and 70ft high and lies 260 miles west of the Outer Hebrides.
He plans to live in a converted 8ft water tank bolted to the rock in his bid to break the current 42-day record and hopes to raise £10,000 for Help for Heroes in the attempt.
His new home will be powered by a small wind turbine and solar panels for charging his satellite communications.
