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Atlantic crossing
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Former Radio 4 presenter Antony Smith recently researched, wrote and published the astonishing wartime story of two sailors who survived an Atlantic crossing of 2,500 miles adrift in a lifeboat, after their trampsteamer, The Anglo Saxon, was sunk off the Azores in 1940.
'Why stop there?', thought the intrepid Mr Smith. His appeal for three volunteers to help him re-enact the journey by raft caught the eye of retired Edinburgh surgeon and nautical enthusiast, Alec Spence. Alec applied and got the job, along with Sid Davies and Pat Ryan.
Alec explained to Tom how the job description had stipulated a certain maturity for successful applicants...
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