Sean Morley started his record bid on 3 April

Sean Morley has been marooned in north west Ireland since hurting his back.

He is receiving daily treatment and says he hopes to resume his six-month journey which started in Falmouth in a few days.

The 38-year-old traffic police officer from St Erth is raising money for the RNLI and the Marine Conservation Society during the trip.

Sergeant Morley had reached County Donegal when he aggravated an earlier back injury.

'Extremely frustrating'

He has now spent nearly a week staying with friends in County Galway while he undergoes treatment.

He said: "I'm determined not to give up although it is extremely frustrating.

"I hope to be back on the water in a few days."

His route is taking him on the seaward side of every inhabited island which makes up Great Britain and Ireland.

They include the Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands and the Orkneys and Shetlands - as well as the remotest corner of the British Isles, St Kilda, the isolated Atlantic outpost 41 miles west of Benbecula in Scotland's Outer Hebrides.

Sergeant Morley, who set off on 3 April, has a target of 183 days to complete the journey, a total distance in excess of 4,200 miles.