Hi All
This piece from ITV News here in the UK raised a smile on my face - courtesy of
http://www.itv.com/news/world_60ab213f8d81e34a9ce33870ea048b5a.html"Ice cream ship sets sail
7.23PM, Sun Jul 15 2007
A Viking ship, made entirely from ice cream sticks has set sail from Dutch port city of Lelystad is set to embark on a North Atlantic crossing.
'Thor' was constructed from five million recycled ice cream sticks glued together by Robert McDonald, his son and more than 5,000 children from 18 schools in the Netherlands.
Constructing the ship was a labour of love for Robert, but also carried a message of hope.
At the age of nine, McDonald lost his entire family, both parents and six siblings in a gas explosion. Robert himself was the only survivor, confined to a hospital bed for five years before fully recovering.
Doctors had told him he would have to remain handicapped for the rest of his life.
He said: "It's to show kids you can do anything. It's not what the doctor tells you, or the nurse tells you, it's what you tell yourself. I'm out to show that. I'm not handicapped."
Don't suppose anyone has a photograph of this vessel :lol:
Regards
Steve Ellwood