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British adventurer Karl Bushby completes 28-year journey
Karl Bushby and his mother Angela reunited at the end of his 28-year journey
British adventurer Karl Bushby has completed his 31,000-mile (50,000 km) journey from South America to Hull in the UK, reuniting with his mother at the family home 28 years after setting off.
In November 1998, the former paratrooper, then aged 29, set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, to complete an unbroken path back home, without breaking two self-imposed rules: not to return to the UK until the end of the journey, and not to use transport to advance.
Earlier, crowds gathered in Hull's city centre to welcome Bushby, before he set off to complete the final few miles home to his mother Angela Bushby.
Reaching the front door, he said: “It’s good to be home. It feels surreal.“
Bushby's journey took him to four continents, with key moments including navigating through the dense jungles of the Darién Gap, crossing the frozen Bering Strait and, more recently, swimming the English Channel.
As they had agreed years earlier, Bushby's mother, Angela, waited for him at her home in Sutton Park, where she raised him.
He said: “It feels surreal. It’s the end of a 28-year journey.”
His mother, who had not seen him for a decade, told Bushby: “Where have you been?”
As he approached the house, he said: “This is familiar.”