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Simon's - epic kayak voyage
Simon's sea kayak
All at sea - Simon faces the most difficult leg of his journey
On 11th May 2002, Simon Osborne set off on his mission to kayak around the coastline of Great Britain. He finished on 31st August. Find out more about the challenges he faced along the way on our interactive map.
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Simon's - Kayaking for Cancer message board. Send him your congratulations message for completing his epic 3,000 mile journey.

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Kayaking for Cancer
Find out how, why and when Simon Osborne planned to kayak round Britain.

Leukaemia Research Fund
Britain's leading leukaemia research charity.

Simon has set himself the target of raising between £10,000 and £20,000 for LRF and is keen to get sponsorship from as many people as possible.
You can still donate online by visiting Just Giving.

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites.

BBC Shropshire followed him all the way with pictures and interviews on the web.

Simon's epic voyage
Listen to an interview with Simon Osborne
with BBC Radio Shropshire's Jon King explaining why he took on the journey.
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How you can help
Sponsorship can be sent to Simon at 2 Pig Trough, Shrewsbury, SY1 2ED, with cheques made out to Kayaking for Cancer.

See our 'weblinks' section in the left hand column of this page for Simon's website address and for the address of the Leukaemia Research Fund.
 
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