News of the Weird!

I try to bring my 3 readers some interesting and exciting news from time to time and this story fits the bill for both interesting and exciting. This story comes from Metro.co.uk and I am certain it will bring a smile to your face. It makes me feel so good to see people achieve their life long dreams!

A dream trip for some might be kayaking down the Amazon or hot air ballooning across Africa – but for one trio of young men it was paddling across Lake Garda in a bouncy castle.

The three realized what we imagine was a childhood dream in a leisurely two hours – paddling and sometimes just letting the following wind carry them on the 8km (five-mile) trip. And if the Londoners hadn’t already turned enough heads in their tailor-made red and yellow castle, they managed to gatecrash an international sailing regatta during their attempt. Trainee solicitor Jack Watkins, 25, and engineers Chris Hayes, 24, and Dave Sibley, 25, all from Clapham, south London, are now the first ‘sailors’ to cross the lake on such a vessel.

‘Great Britain has such a great tradition as a seafaring nation and we really feel we have played no role at all in adding to this,’ admitted intrepid waterman Mr Hayes. ‘That said, it was possibly the most fun we have ever had and we really never believed this most frivolous of dreams would ever be realized,’ he added.

Their bizarre journey was made possible as part of carmaker Honda’s Live Every Litre project. The manufacturer has given people a chance to live their dream trips for a documentary, with those picked being filmed travelling around in its new Honda CR-Z hybrid coupe.

See, I told you it would make you smile!

Sure looks like a fun day on a beautiful Italian lake to me!