about toilets, that s all it s about. shall i bring you a little bit of joy? about. shall i bring you a little bit ofjoy? i love and achievement and this is 23 year old endurance athlete, jasmine harrison, 900 miles in 110 days in water. she swam into john o groats harbour on tuesday, herjourney while john o groats harbour on tuesday, her journey while starting john o groats harbour on tuesday, herjourney while starting at land s herjourney while starting at lands end, finishing atjohn o groats and she is the first ever. the second fastest present to compete after ross edgley, but she s a swimming instructor actually. that is incredible. she had to wear dark but i started to think about what you need to wear in the sea, and obviously a wet suit, you want to stay warm, but she had to wear a padded balaclava after being stung up padded balaclava after being stung up to 15 times byjellyfish. that s the thing. she spent every night of a challenge aboard her yacht. she
on our we got freedom, we got out and got on our bicycles. jonathan was really enjoying on our bicycles. jonathan was really enjoying the freedom and the ability to do a enjoying the freedom and the ability to do a sport that he could get a grasp to do a sport that he could get a grasp on to do a sport that he could get a grasp on it to do a sport that he could get a grasp on. it was not long before we were grasp on. it was not long before we were doing grasp on. it was not long before we were doing long journeys. then we started were doing long journeys. then we started joking about the idea of a bil started joking about the idea of a big journey from land s end tojohn 0 groats~ big journey from land s end tojohn o groats. he was doubtful it. i gave him a o groats. he was doubtful it. i gave him a book o groats. he was doubtful it. i gave him a book to read about two brothers him a book to read about two brothers who date a massive bike ride from brothers who d
only 50% strength in one of his arms, some uses that to give him insulation to enable him to grip the paddle. a major challenge, they need to cover 50 kilometres, 30 miles per day. sometimes out at sea, sometimes inland. only by their own determination and a good deal of own will. for the next 30 days or more, this is how darren edwards will start his mornings. ..along with four comrades all ex servicemen who sustained life changing injuries. the team is attempting to kayak.1,a00 kilometres from land s end tojohn o groats. it will be a world first for what s known as an adaptive team. we ve all been through similar experiences in life. i stepped on an ied, damaged my left leg. you know, we ve all been through different levels of trauma. i was out on operations. i took seven rounds and blast fragmentation to my chest,
eventually, and i got the support i needed when i eventually asked for it, and it took me a long time to come around to that. we all as a team have been through our own mental health challenges and battles with our injuries and things that followed. but we proved at every step that by being positive, by, you know, remaining active, that you can kind of keep on top of that. so, yes, the challenge is physical because it s, you know, paddling 1,400 kilometres. but so much of it is in the mind. their route will take them along the southwest coast, up to gloucestershire, where they ll then use rivers and canals to head north to liverpool. ..back out to sea up the northwest coast of england, then into scotland including the caledonian canal and loch ness then on tojohn o groats. it s a mammoth undertaking. i m not realy a sea person, which is really bizarre for someone that s kayaking from land s end tojohn o groats. you know, i m more
there you go, spite of history. coming up on breakfast. five veterans with life changing injuries are hoping to become the first disabled team to kayak the length of britain john is catching up with them in north devon this morning to see how they re getting on. morning, both. final preparations before the guy set out today. are you feeling? all right? it is a bit early but i think was a resounding, yes, we are feeling fun. we say it is the first team with disabilities. it is also the first team to attempt this from land s end tojohn o groats. these are the boats they are using. there are extremely light. interestingly, hardly adapted. one of the guys has only got half strength on his arm. darren has a back brace. it really promises to be an extremely difficult