The event will start with a 400m swim in Studley Royal Lake, a 10km bike ride through the medieval deer park before finishing with a 2.5km run through the water gardens and ruins of Fountains Abbey.

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Broadcaster Paul Rose, who is vice-president of the Royal Geographical Society, lives overlooking the lake and joined the clean-up.

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The Royal Ascot Goat Races, held at the Speke Resort on the shores of Lake Victoria, have been an annual Kampala tradition since 1993.

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