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We might not jetski across a sea but we understand the longing that inspired the feat Rachel Cooke © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Simon Maycock/Alamy Stock Photo My first reaction to “jetski man” was hysterical laughter. I couldn’t get over the idea that he thought it would take only 40 minutes to travel on his whizzy new water scooter from the Scottish coast to the Isle of Man – as if the Irish Sea was merely a dual carriageway and his ride a double-decker bu...

It cheers the soul that love will out, even during this great, dreadful Covid pause ‘In these strange, meanwhile times, jetski man, I concluded, is Everyman.’ Photograph: Simon Maycock/Alamy Stock Photo ‘In these strange, meanwhile times, jetski man, I concluded, is Everyman.’ Photograph: Simon Maycock/Alamy Stock Photo Sun 20 Dec 2020 02.18 EST Last modified on Sun 20 Dec 2020 13.30 EST My first reaction to “jetski man” was hysterical laughter. I couldn’t get over the idea that h...