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Local swimmer battles jellyfish in open water challenge

Carole Laporte swimming around Isle of Arran

A local open water swimmer has completed thirteen consecutive days of swimming around the Isle of Arran in Scotland.

St Ninian's High School teacher Carole Laporte covered almost ninety kilometres in a combined time of twenty seven hours and eight minutes.

She says the toughest part was avoiding being stung by Lion's Mane jellyfish:  

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