Mark Ashley-Miller: The man who sailed to (almost) every harbour in the British Isles

Mark Ashley-Miller: The man who sailed to (almost) every harbour in the British Isles

Published: September 15, 2025

Duration: 30:40

In 2018, Mark Ashley-Miller bought a boat. There's nothing unusual in that, but there is in what happened next: he decided to sail around the coasts of Britain and Ireland, visiting every single harbour in the British Isles. And unlike most people who have such pipe dreams, he actually did it.


The journey is now over, and we're delighted that Mark joined James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast to talk about his five years at sea, the 9,000 nautical miles he's sailed, and the 300+ harbourmasters he visited in the course of his epic journey.


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