The man who went to sea with a hen

Discover the true story of why the chicken crossed the globe.

Monique might be the world’s most widely travelled hen. For the past five years, she has sailed around the world with Guirec Soudée, a French sailor who spoke to The Week Junior about their journey. Soudée’s trip began from Yvinec, his home town in north-west France. After working as a sailor and a fisherman, he saved up for two years and bought an old boat. He set off alone around the world, aged 21, having spent only two hours practising how to sail it. Before crossing the Atlantic Ocean, Soudée stopped in the Canary Islands, off the coast of north-west Africa, and it was here that he met Monique. Soudée was given the chicken by some friends. “My plan was to have a hen for company and fresh eggs,” he…

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