BUDE'S Rory Sacree successfully completed the 'Float4Life' challenge, held in aid of the Shark Trust and the RNLI Inter­national Development Programme, last Thursday. Rory, a senior RNLI lifeguard on Crooklets beach in Bude, challenged himself to spend 24-hours floating alone a kilometre out at sea. Rory received a rapturous welcome upon his return to Summerleaze Beach, but what the well wishers hadn't seen were the many trials along the way. As night fell on Wednesday evening the temperature plum­meted to below ten degrees celsius. Rory was dressed in a cold-water immersion suit and had many layers of warm clothes underneath, but he still needed to keep moving to maintain his body temperature. Hypothermia was a real danger during the early hours, but having survived that he thought the worst was behind him. For the full report, and a round-up of the area news and sport, see this week's edition of the Post.