Grylls forced to tear down giant water slide

He conquered Everest at age 23, but couldn't conquer his local council.

TV adventurer Bear Grylls has been forced to remove a 25-metre slide from the edge of his island home after failing to ask for council permission to erect the giant slide.

Grylls installed the slide into the sea on his St Tudwal West island holiday home last week, and posted the image on Twitter with the caption ‘New slide attached at home on our island! You hit the water very fast!!!’.

This brought the slide to the attention of the local councilor Wyn Williams, who at the time told the Daily Mirror: “As far as I’m aware, he uses it about two-to-four hours a day and it’s used by the family itself.

Grylls has now agreed to remove the slide following a council investigation, claiming it was never meant to be a permanent fixture on the island.

County councillor Wyn Williams told The Daily Mail the slide had been removed for the winter. Mr Williams said: 'He was never going to leave it there.

"He stays there during August and he told me that it's not a permanent fixture. He would not allow it to be a permanent fixture in the winter months."

Mr Williams said Grylls would speak to the council before putting the slide back up next year in case he needs permission.