LONGSTRIDE LIVES ON RAISING £600 FOR FORCES CHARITY COMBAT STRESS

Local campaigner Tim Shapland has raised over £600 for forces charity Combat Stress with Longstride Afloat, a week-long sponsored sailing challenge on the Solent. The Solent is the strait that separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland of England, measuring 20 miles in length and about one to four miles wide.