Wildlife TV host dies
WILDLIFE presenter Johnny Kingdom has been described as “one of the last true characters of rural Britain” following his death at the age of 79.
The film-maker, photographer and author – who specialised in his local area of Exmoor and north Devon – died on Thursday night.
Emergency services were called to reports that a digger had rolled over in a field on Mr Kingdom’s land at about 9pm. Mr Kingdom was pronounced dead at the scene near Wadham Cross in Devon. AN ADVENTURER is to celebrate 100 days at sea as part of his challenge to swim around mainland Great Britain.
Ross Edgley has not stepped foot on land since he began his swim on June 1. He has swam 1,230 miles, spent 2,039 hours in the sea and completed 1,600,000 strokes.
The 32-year-old, from Grantham, has also gone through 442 bananas, two kilograms of Vaseline and had 54 jellyfish stings.
His routine sees him swim for six hours, rest for six hours, then go back into the sea to swim. When not in the water he is on a boat.
To mark the feat, the Red Bull Matadors aerobatic display team surprised him by writing 100 in the sky above him in the waters of Moray Firth Bay in the north of Scotland, and even creating an airborne love heart.
Saturday will mark his 100th day in the water.
He expects to finish in mid-October.