YACHTSMAN Adrian Flanagan has entered British waters as he approaches the finish line on his round-the-world voyage.

Mr Falanagan set off in November 2005 in a bid to raise money for the Oxford Children's Hospital appeal and to become the first person to solo circumnavigate the globe vertically - south to north.

Today he was 20 miles west of Unst, the northernmost of the Shetland Islands, off the coast of Scotland.

The yachtsman began his final leg from Norway on Wednesday, April 30, and expects to arrive back at The Royal Southern Yacht Club, in Southampton, next Wednesday.

Mr Flanagan had wanted to cover the 32,000-mile route without stopping, but was forced to stop twice due to engine problems and red tape in Russia.