The body of water speed ace Donald Campbell today made an emotional final voyage on the lake which claimed his life 34 years ago.

As more than 200 mourners braved the weather on the side of Coniston Water, the 40ft passenger boat carrying Campbell's coffin left a jetty at Pier Cottage in the Lake District.

On board the boat were Campbell's close family and friends. His sister, Jean Wales, 77, lives in Loxwood, near Billingshurst.

Campbell's 51-year-old daughter Gina joined mourners at the edge of the water.

Dressed in a pink suit and clutching two blue roses and one yellow one, she stood in the rain and watched as her father's body was taken around the lake.

The boat travelled from the jetty to the point where the vast majority of Campbell's boat, the Bluebird, was recovered earlier this year.

The coffin, draped in a Union Flag, was raised at the front of the Coniston launch boat, which had a red wreath on its front.

Campbell was trying to break his own water speed record of 276mph in January 1967 when his craft lifted and somersaulted repeatedly before plunging 150ft into the depths of the lake.

The 46-year-old, son of speed record-breaker Sir Malcolm Campbell, died instantly.

Bluebird was found in December last year after a painstaking four-year search and was raised in March with some belongings, including a teddy bear mascot.

Campbell's remains were discovered in May.