By Joseph Laws For Mailonline
Published: 17:56 GMT, 22 March 2019 | Updated: 17:57 GMT, 22 March 2019
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A man living on a tiny island told of his shock when three drunken sailors knocked on his door.
Richard Twining revealed how the three sailors washed up on his island cold and wet after their run ashore went 'horribly wrong'.
Mr Twining, an ecologist volunteering on Flat Holm in the Bristol Channel, was making his breakfast in the island's only farmhouse when he heard a knock on the door.
Richard Twining revealed how the three sailors washed up on his island cold and wet after their night out went 'horribly wrong'. One of the sailors, pictured in blue, is taken off the island on an RNLI dinghy
Richard, 29, spends three weeks out of every four staying a farmhouse and is the island's only official resident.
He said: 'When you're on a deserted island you don't expect a knock on the door.
'I made them comfortable and gave them blankets, some porridge and a cup of tea.'
The two seamen and their skipper had been hoping to go for a pint on dry land in Minehead, Somerset, after a
