So later on today (hopefully) we’re off to a bit of the coast somewhere around Mull (not sure which bit yet) to meet up with Bobs friend Dougal. This crazy young man is kayaking around the UK. 1 to see how fast he can do it. 2 because that’s the sort of thing he does. 3 to raise awareness & money for diabetes.
You can follow his progress here. He has a live tracker. Some time the tracker is so tightly zoomed in you can only see a blue screen ( as I discovered) . Zoom out and you’ll find him . And see his previous adventures.
https://dougalsepicadventure.com/
We’re meeting up with him to provide food and water.
Did you meet up, SC? I see he's off Staffa now.
What an amazing challenge to take on. Brave man.
We did meet him. He really didn’t look like someone that had paddled 54km from Islay when he arrived.
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He’s doing really well.
The kayak looks tiny, far too small to travel around the UK. Full of admiration for him.
Yeah we knew his kayak was slimline and a racing model, but until we were stood next to it we didn’t realise how small it was. It’s the lack of depth that really surprised us. Hardly got any sides on the thing. He’s a braver man than me.
Dougal does little videos at some of the locations he stops at. If you click on the Facebook icon, on that link. It’ll take you to his videos.
If this works, here’s his video from his lunch break stop
https://fb.watch/llAobJc7U9/
Works fine for me, thanks SC. Do you know Dougal other than from his kayaking?
We know his parents. Oddly enough we used to live less than 15miles away from them when we lived in Somerset. Never actually met them until we moved up here. They have a holiday home up here. Bob does a lot of work for them.
Wow this boy / young man is an absolute machine ! I have massive admiration and respect for him. He has paddled across the top of the uk in just 2 days! Just incredible. I’m spending far to much time watching his tracker. But it’s fascinating.
Looks very likely he’ll be finishing his paddle around the uk today! Which means he’ll of done it in 40 days! His personal target was 50! The current record that has stood for 12 years is 67days!
This in itself is outstanding but to think he’s having to manage his type 1 diabetes at the same time is nothing short of miraculous. I wish him well on the last leg of his epic adventure.