Stedson continues his long journey home!

Most of the 50 delegates to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference held on the Isle of Man last week will be back home by now, but there's one who will still be travelling!

Stedson G Francis is a member of the Legislative Council on the remote Island of St Helena in the Southern Atlantic.

The British Overseas territory has no airport and is so isolated it takes him a week to travel between his home and the Isle of Man.

Negotiations for an airport, which would need the backing of the United Kingdom, were at an advanced stage with the Labour government prior to the general election.

However, with the new coalition government now in place, Mr Francis doesn't know if the plan will go ahead: