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They had not long set sail when they learned the wrong coffin had been loaded so they returned to port and it was swapped over - in full view of the bemused passengers.

“Sometimes deals like that, especially at home, can take the air out of your sails a little bit,” Riley said.

Seven years later the first ferry - a lifeline form of transport in the Western Isles - sailed from Stornoway to mainland Scotland on a Sunday.

The married couple set sail for the Canary Islands on 11 May but were soon asked to isolate in their cabin when they became ill.

They will then sail around Antarctica, before sailing close to the tip of South America and up through the Atlantic Ocean towards France.