A MAN attempting to walk the length of Britain wearing nothing but a hat, boots and a rucksack completed his marathon trek and celebrated by putting his clothes back on February 20th.
Stephen Gough, 46 and his partner, Melanie Roberts, 34, completed the last 20 miles of their 874-mile (1,363-kilometre) walk from Land's End, southwest England in temperatures of about five degrees celsius.
"It has been pretty cold and the locals have been coming up to us offering us whisky and all sorts," said Gough. "They've been very, very friendly. We passed a school and there were even parents coming out with video cameras."
Gough, a former Royal Marine soldier completed his first naked hike in 2003 to 2004. On the first occasion his progress was slowed by 14 arrests and two jail terms. He suffered a similar fate this time around.
A 52-year-old man from the German town of Darmstadt tried in vain to get a refund for 400 euros (US$475) worth of what he said was "bad marijuana" from his dealer before turning to the police for help, according to authorities.
The police then charged the man with violating drug possession laws and confiscated the 200 grams of marijuana he brought with him to the police station.
"It is un-usable," the man told police in the hope they would help him get his money back. Amounts of up to 30 grams of marijuana are allowed in most German states for private consumption.
FIDDLING around with in-car satellite navigation systems is causing motorists to lose concentration on the road, according to a survey by an English insurance company on February 21st.
The new technology, rather than helping motorists, could be even more distracting than trying to read a map at the wheel, the company added.
The survey of almost 2,000 people found 19 per cent of drivers who used their navigation system lost concentration, compared with 17 per cent reading a map. More than half admitted they had then had to take their eyes off the road to input the details while driving.
The survey said most motorists who used either resource while driving would take their eyes off the road for 10 seconds, which at 60 mph, would equate to traveling twice the length of a football pitch.
