In this week's episode Simon chats with Fiona Quinn, who paddled her Red inflatable paddleboard the length of Great Britain and was also the first woman to cross the Irish Sea by SUP and complete a triathalon from 'End to End'.

The hugely impressive Fiona, talks about her growing hunger for adventure, which led to her ambitious target of taking on the classic distance by paddleboard, despite suffering from a chronic fear of open water.

For the full expedition experience, her book 'Ignore the Fear' is a great read here and to be truly authentic, make sure you eat a lemon drizzle cake while you do so, the recipe is here ...you're very welcome!

If you're up for a bit of inspiration to get out there, then join Fiona's adventure book club (for free) here

Fiona's latest challenge is a 'couch to ultramarathon' where she is running 260 miles along the Pennine way...non stop!

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We featured Fiona's book in our one and only meeting of the SUPfm book club here, so if you'd like even more SUP inspiration, then we've got other books you can check out.

Finally we've got our awesome SUPfm Safety Course here for £37 giving you all the information you need for keeping safe on the water for the season

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