Andy Strangeway (born 1965 in Londesborough, East Riding of Yorkshire), a decorator and islomaniac from the Yorkshire Wolds, is the first - and so far the only - person to complete the challenge of landing and sleeping on all 162 of Scotland's islands of 40 hectares and above. One definition of an island is that used by Hamish Haswell-Smith in his book The Scottish Islands first published by Canongate in 1999. This list excludes bridged islands such as Skye and tidal islands such as Oronsay that are much larger than 40 hectares (99 acres).[1] Strangeway's definition is simply "a piece of land surrounded by sea that you can't walk to".[2] It has subsequently been suggested that to sleep on these islands be collectively referred to as Strangeways'.
On Saturday 8 August 2009 upon landing Out Stack, Andy Strangeway became the first person to land the four extreme points of Scotland:-[4]
West – Soay, St Kilda – 28 August 2007
South – Mull of Galloway – 31 March 2009
East – Bound Skerry, Shetland – 2 August 2009
North – Out Stack, Shetland – 8 August 2009
He is the first and so far only person to achieve this feat.
Strangeway is now an access rights campaigner.[5][6]
On Saturday 6 March 2010 Strangeway assisted Uri Geller to land and sleep on the island of Lamb which he had bought a year earlier. It was Geller's first visit and Strangeway's second.[7][8]
   | BBC In Pictures feature - BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Island of Naoimh |
| | Profile of Strangeway from ''The Guardian'' - After Munros, a new challenge: a night on every Scottish island | Travel | The Guardian |
| | BBC Scotland - BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | No man is one island for explorer |
| | Andy Strangeway Official site - Island Man - Adventurer and Author |
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