Stray paddle surfer rescued from Channel

The British Navy has fished a German from the water of the canal which had been lost with his surfboard.

The man was suppen: a new water sport craze where you upright paddle on a large surfboard on the water.

' It was not an illegal immigrant, but a German tourist in need, '' said the British Ministry of the Interior. The German was brought to British shores with a naval vessel. Why he needed would make the crossing this unconventional way is unclear.