Epic paddleboard adventure sails through Lancashire

AN adventurer aiming to become the first person to paddleboard the length of England is set to sail through Lancashire.

By The Newsroom

Published 31st May 2016, 11:09 BST

Updated 31st May 2016, 13:13 BST

Lizzie Carr set off weeks ago from Surrey on a 643km  journey through the heart of the country to highlight the  issue of plastic pollution.

Today, the “self-taught  outdoor junkie” who left a  career in marketing, will travel along the Leeds Liverpool Canal, River Ribble and Lancaster canal through Preston towards Lancaster.

She is set to finish her epic journey just south of Kendal.

The journey will have taken her through 193 locks and more than eight kilometres of tunnels and  aqueducts, carrying 30kg of equipment on her board, including a tent and supplies.

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