lucy vladev takes up the story. 22 days aboard a boat in a bid to get home.but when lockdown hit antigua and tourists couldn't get much information about flights, lee was offered a place on a 12—man racing boat called telefonica black. the airport closed. a lot of people couldn't afford the flights. and, eh, so it then turned into a, right, how are we getting out of here, kind of situation. i felt really lucky to be part of the crew and be accepted. the 3,000—mile journey west to east across the atlantic is one of the most challenging. there were moments of quiet calm for the crew. day number five! but they also saw nine—metre waves and had to struggle on n with ripped sails. we were hanging on to the wheel, trying to control the boat, and then one of the lines, the ropes, the lazy sheet, it forked, tightened and hit me straight across the face. and, erm, bloodied my nose, it actually knocked me straight off the helm onto the deck. fortunately, the skipper is lance shepherd, a clipper round—the—world yacht racer and professional trainer for sailors, which cam

lucy vladev, bbc news. 0k, ok, let's catch up with the weather. blue skies for him on his return?olutely and stunning weather gci’oss absolutely and stunning weather across much of the country today. that is how it will remain for the rest of today. a chance of a few showers breaking out in one or two areas. we have already had a few splits and spots of rain. this low pressure is to the rest of us and the cloud is spiralling into this low pressure. the clouds across western areas linked to the low in the atlantic but many central and eastern and also northern areas enjoying the sunshine today. it is a warm day, 22 or 23 degrees in the south—east and a pleasant 19 to 16 for some of the northern towns and cities. the showers could break out this afternoon and this evening and may be in the midlands there could bea may be in the midlands there could be a couple in the north—west of the country, but for the vast majority of the country it is a dry evening and dry night with clear spells. towards the end of the night we could see some rain reaching cornwall and devon only just. could s

lucy vladev takes up the story. 22 days aboard a boat in a bid to get home.ed a place on a 12—man racing boat called telefonica black. the airport closed. a lot of people couldn't afford the flights. so it then turned into a, right, how are we getting out of here, kind of situation. i felt really lucky to be part of the crew and be accepted. the 3000—mile journey west to east across the atlantic is one of the most challenging. there were moments of quiet calm for the crew. day number five. but they also saw nine metre waves and had to struggle on with ripped sails. we were hanging on to the wheel, trying to control the boat, and then one of the lines, the ropes, the lazy sheet, it forked, tightened and hit me straight across the face. it bloodied my nose, actually it knocked me straight off the helm onto the deck. fortunately, the skipper is lance shepherd, a clipper round—the—world yacht racer and professional trainer for sailors, which came in handy when faced with a difficult decision. we had to get the boat back into european waters by the 1st of may beca