RachelGorman published Pensioner with Multiple Sclerosis completes 20 year rowing...

A pensioner living with Multiple Sclerosis has completed a 20 year long odyssey - rowing the circumference of the world without even getting his feet wet. Using an indoor rowing machine Keith Atkinson has "travelled" 24,901.5 miles since setting himself the challenge in 1996. The 78-year-old, who often uses a wheelchair, began the feat as a means to keep fit following his medical retirement as head teacher of Tuxford School. Mr Atkinson, of Newark Road, Southwell, said: "The...