Large school of whales follows man rowing across the Atlantic for TWO HOURS

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A large school of whales surrounded and followed a man rowing across the Atlantic for TWO HOURS.   Tom Waddington, 40, set off on his 2,000-mile trip from Canada to England to raise money to the mental health charity Mind.   But just two days into his journey, a school of pilot whales approached him and began surrounding his boat.  After enjoying the initial moments, Tom soon became worried that the whales would end up accidentally damaging his boat, especially the rudder.  After two long hours and terrifying moment where a whale hit his boat, the school eventually lost interest and left him to continue his journey.

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00:00This is so cool, a pod of whales, just coming around the boat, playing around the boat.

00:20I'm really, I love it, but I'm scared they're going to hit my rudder.

00:25They're so close, I can hear them, they're blowing bubbles up.

00:38Wow, that is so cool.

00:49What a special treat, I've seen loads of whales but they've just come to say hello.

00:56Oh wow, I was just getting a bit down because it's been raining all morning.

01:01Hello, hello.

01:23I'm two hours in now, throwing with these thousands of whales.

01:27I was wanting the boat earlier but I don't know what to do.

01:31I'm shitting myself they're going to hit the boat.

01:34I can't believe it, it's an amazing sight but also so scary.

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