open forests they need financial support from the authorities. in meeting after meeting with local officials, he gets turned down until finally some good news. fantastic. let s do it, man. he is beginning work on his new forest. one man s effort in the collective struggle to call on our planet. paddle boarding it s something that has taken off in recent years. but this man brendon prince has taken it to an extreme. he hasjust finished an epicjourney circumnavigating britain. he set off from torquay on his stand up paddleboard in april
two and a half thousand miles later he has arrived home as sarah ransome reports after 11t1 days, brendon prince is home. with nearly 4,000 kilometres under his belt, the former schoolteacher has paddled his way clockwise around mainland britain to raise awareness of sea safety. he has navigated calm waters with stunning scenery, but it has not all been plain sailing. unpredictable summer weather slowed him down and he has also had to steer through busy shipping lanes. to see 200 of dolphins, 10,000 seals to see ocras swimming toward you, these things are immense. seven years ago as an off duty lifeguard, he tried but could not save the lives of three people in cornwall.
the tragic memory drives him on. the effect of that for all of those people for decades to come was catastrophic, and that for me, i thought, i can t. ..i just don t want to see that happen to other people. with home grown holidays on the rise this summer, sadly, so too, the number of accidental drowning. brendon prince hopes his epic voyage this has gone some way to get the sea safe message out there. would you do it again? maybe. no! no, no way. i ve done this, maybe let s do something else. sarah ransome, bbc news. scientists say they ve successfully potty trained cows to urinate in a designated area. calves were trained with food rewards to go in a latrine pen and the researchers from new zealand and germany say success rates were similar to those you would expect from a three year old child.
to see 200 of dolphins, 10,000 seals ocras swimming toward you, these things are immense. seven years ago as an off duty lifeguard, he tried but could not save the lives of three people in cornwall. the tragic memory drives him on. the effect of that for all of those people for decades to come was catastrophic, and that for me, i thoguht, i can t. ..i just don t want to see that happen to other people. with home grown holidays on the rise this summer, sadly, so too, the number of accidental drowning. brendon prince hopes his epic voyage has gone some way to get the see safe message out there. would you do it again? maybe. no! no, no way. i ve done this, maybe let s do something else. sarah ransome, bbc news.
but this man brendon prince has taken it to an extreme. he has just finished an epicjourney circumnavigating britain. he set off from torquay on his stand up paddleboard in april two and a half thousand miles later he has arrived home as sarah ransome reports after 1111 days, brendon prince is home. with nearly 4,000 kilometres under his belt, the former schoolteacher has paddled his way clockwise around mainland britain to raise awareness of sea safety. he has navigated calm waters with stunning scenery, but it has not all been plain sailing. unpredictable summer weather slowed him down and he has also had to steer through breezy busy shipping lanes.