'Inspirational' paddleboarder found dead in reservoir 'lit up every room'

The heartbroken household of idiosyncratic trainer Simon Daniels person shared an affectional connection pursuing his death, saying his vibrant property 'had this powerfulness to bring everyone together'

A household person paid tribute to a "popular and inspirational" paddleboarder aft helium was sadly discovered dead.

Simon Daniels, from Cheshire, vanished aft his inflatable paddleboard capsized successful Dovestone Reservoir successful Oldham connected Sunday. Greater Manchester Police issued an entreaty and said a antheral and pistillate had fallen into the water. Emergency services rushed to the quality spot and managed to find the woman. She was treated for hypothermia and shock.

The force joined forces with teams including Coastguard and Mountain Rescue. On Wednesday, the assemblage of the idiosyncratic trainer was discovered astatine astir 6.15pm connected Wednesday. Following connected from the tragedy, Mr Daniel's household issued an affectional connection done the constabulary force.

They described Simon arsenic having a "pure heart" and said helium was "hilarious". In the statement, they said: “Simon is our world, he’s funny, unpredictable and has a bosom arsenic large arsenic an ocean. His larger than beingness and his brainsick property lit up each country and his love, kindness and inspiration touched truthful galore radical who helium met. Simon was a person to everyone, cipher was a alien successful his eyes. His passions were fittingness and the gym and helping others to go the champion mentation of themselves. His bosom was axenic and helium was unapologetically himself. Funny doesn’t chopped it. He was hilarious. He had this powerfulness to bring everyone together. He conscionable wanted everyone to beryllium friends.

“He loved beingness and adjacent astatine the darkest of times helium inactive managed to airy up the room. The assemblage person besides shown however overmuch they loved Simon, religion bells person rang successful his representation on with fireworks. We had nary thought however fashionable and inspirational helium was successful our section community.”

Laura Crossley from Oldham CID said: "Throughout this tragic incidental we person been successful adjacent interaction with Simon's household and volition proceed to connection them our enactment arsenic they travel to presumption with their loss. His decease is not being treated arsenic suspicious and the country has present been closed.

"A study is being prepared for the coroner. We admit the public's enactment successful enabling hunt teams to transportation retired their investigations, we recognize the inconvenience this whitethorn person caused implicit the past fewer days, but it was important we conducted a afloat and thorough hunt for Simon."

His friends and household person besides taken to societal media to wage tribute. One idiosyncratic wrote: "Winsford is astatine a precise heartbreaking standstill astatine the infinitesimal each hoping and praying for your harmless return, but besides knowing that whitethorn not beryllium the case. But you person a municipality praying truthful hard for you close now. With emotion and support."

Another commented: "To each Simon’s household we are each sending you spot and emotion and we are each truthful sorry. I privation this was a nightmare and we could each conscionable aftermath up and spot our hero. A existent loyal person and the satellite volition beryllium acheronian without you."