Former para Karl Bushby given hero's welcome after 31,000-mile trek home
Globe-trotting former paratrooper Karl Bushby was followed by cheering crowds as he made a spectacular home-coming crossing of the Humber Bridge on the final leg of a 31,000-mile walk home. In scenes evocative of the Hollywood blockbuster Forrest Gump, Yorkshireman Karl, 57, set off from the village of Barton-upon-Humber on Sunday lunchtime with scores of well-wishers joining him, as well as his dad Keith, 79, and brother Adrian, 54, to make the crossing over the Humber Estuary to his home city of Hull.
TL;DR
- Karl Bushby, 57, completed a 31,000-mile walk home, crossing the Humber Bridge on its final leg.
- He began his journey 28 years ago, on November 1, 1997, from Punta Arenas, Chile.
- Bushby has traveled through 29 countries and four continents, with his possessions carried in a buggy named 'The Beast'.
- His homecoming was met with cheering crowds, including his father Keith and brother Adrian.
- He reunited with his mother Angela, son Adam, and met his granddaughter for the first time.
- The journey included swimming the English Channel from France on October 5.
- Filmmaker Werner Herzog is directing a movie about Bushby's adventure and will film his return.
- Bushby is also set to release a book about his experiences.