Leaving on a jet-plane powered boat!
Television crews have been filming at a north Shropshire garden centre – but it's not been the flowers they are interested in.
Instead, they have been documenting how one man has taken a jet engine from a plane and put it in a speedboat.
Adrian Bennett, 44, who lives close to Holly Farm Nurseries and Garden Centre, in Prees, has spent years restoring jet engines.
He said: "I restore them, get them running again," Mr Bennett said.
"I was approached by the a Discovery Channel engineer Jimmy de Ville who said he is working on a new series that involved putting a jet engine into a boat and getting it running. He asked if I would be interested. I thought why not, it will be fun."
The new series – Engine Addict with Jimmy de Ville – has started on Quest and the episode featuring Mr Bennett's work on the jet-powered boat will be broadcast on Tuesday at 9pm.
He said: "They first got the jet plane and there was no room to have it in my workshop So Holly Farm Garden centre very kindly offered to clear out their shed which was big enough for the plane and the boat.
"We spent three or four weeks filming – it is apparently being aired in 72 different countries. There will be quite a lot of north Shropshire shown in the episode, it is nice to get something happening this end of the world.
"My part was helping with the engineering of the boat and we had a great time doing it.
"It is quite a feat to take a jet engine and put it in a speedboat."
Jonathan Allen, owner of Holly Farm Nurseries and Garden Centre said: "It was brilliant to see the plane and the engine come out of that and into the boat.
"It was unbelievable.
"We are looking forward to seeing it on television now."
Once finished, the pair took the speedboat to Loch Ness, where racing motorist John Cobb, was killed in 1952 when his rocket boat Crusader flipped over at more than 200mph. He was attempting to break the world water speed record
Mr Bennett said it was an amazing experience to take the boat to the iconic loch.
