In December 2020, Dale McLaughlin, from Ayrshire, purchased a jetski and used it, for the very first time, to make an utterly perilous 25 mile journey from southern Scotland to the Isle of Man, braving eight foot waves on a five hour journey. Arriving in Ramsey, he then had to walk 15 miles to her home in Douglas... where he was arrested and thrown in jail for breaching Covid restrictions.

The reason? He wanted to see his girlfriend, a young lady he'd only recently met. Seems like a nice girl... https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/world-crime/girlfriend-of-jet-ski-romeo-who-crossed-the-irish-sea-to-see-her-is-charged-with-attacking-woman/40270867.html

It's the absolute determination of men which gets things done. It's why we don't live in grass huts.