'Migrant' row crew reach Scotland

A TEAM of charity rowers that was mistaken for migrants by an MP has arrived at the Forth Bridge near Edinburgh, marking the end of the first leg of their bid to circumnavigate Britain.

- NICK FORBES

Since departing from Land's End in Cornwall on July 25, the Row4MND crew have covered approximately 900 miles and burned some 450,000 calories, while battling sleep deprivation and physical exhaustion.

They have also faced a number of unexpected obstacles, including Storm Floris after first departing Cornwall and being mistaken for a “migrant dinghy” by Norfolk MP Rupert Lowe while rowing up the east coast of England.