Joan Manning, district organising secretary (Midland Shires), was at Worcester to meet two other adventurers, Adam Chinery and Graham Pocock, as they reached the end of a 100-mile sponsored canoe paddle from Welshpool. Adam and Graham, pupils at Wrekin College, Wellington, Shropshire, planned the journey themselves and set off at the beginning of their summer holidays last year. They raised more than £300 for the lifeboat service.

photograph by courtesy of Worcester Evening News..