Seb Mayer with Zarafa the 3m giraffe puppet

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Puppeteer Sebastian Mayer is walking a life-size giraffe puppet, named Zarafa, from Grimsby to Skegness, making his way 85km (52 miles) through the Lincolnshire Wolds this week in aid of Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Here's reporter Rachel meeting Seb and Zarafa near St Mary’s church in Harrington. You can donate to Sebastian’s campaign at www.justgiving.com/page/giraffetoskegness

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00:00 Hi everyone it's Rachel, so I've been walking through Hallington today and

00:04 look who I found! It's Seb Meyer with Zarafa and I caught up with him on his

00:11 journey from Grimsby to Skegness just to see how he's been getting on. So how have

00:15 you been finding the wolds so far Seb? The wolds have been absolutely beautiful

00:19 since as soon as we hit the wolds the sun's been out, blue skies, I'm having a

00:22 great time. It's just a bit before that that was tricky, between Grimsby

00:26 and Louth it was just wind and rain the whole time and Zarafa got a bit

00:29 battered but she's feeling good now. Oh she looks absolutely fantastic, she really

00:34 really does. Yeah and Seb's just wanting to say thank you to everyone who's been

00:40 so kind so far, you know all the people who stopped to have a chat, make a

00:43 donation, that sort of thing and hopefully you're hoping to get to

00:47 Skegness on Saturday or Sunday aren't you Seb? That's right yeah I think it's

00:51 always a bit weather dependent with these things but certainly by the end of

00:54 the weekend I'll be there and yeah I'll definitely be by the clock tower in

00:59 Skegness at 3 p.m. on the Sunday and then I'll be walking down to Gibraltar

01:02 Point to visit the visitor centre of the Mink's Wildlife Trust. Fantastic, that's

01:09 fantastic so yes if anyone wants to make a donation to Seb's epic trek I'm going

01:14 to put the link to the page in the story which is now posted online so yes we'll

01:19 keep sending photos and keep you posted on how Seb's getting on.

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