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Land's End to John O'Groats swimmer Sean Conway reaches end.
A man has completed his attempt to swim from Land's End to John O'Groats.
Sean Conway, 32, from Cheltenham, left west Cornwall on 30 June bound for the far north of the Scottish mainland.
He was attempting to become the first person to swim the route up Britain's west coast.
On Monday, the 135th day of his venture, Mr Conway reached John O'Groats on the Caithness coast. He said it was the hardest thing he had ever done.
Since 30 June, Mr Conway has swum 900 miles (1,448 km) and estimates that he has taken three million strokes in that time.
Ninety of the 135 days were spent swimming while the rest was time Mr Conway had to stay out of the water because of bad weather.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24897204
