Brit adventurer back on UK soil after 28-year round-the-world walk

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Brit adventurer back on UK soil after 28-year round-the-world walk British adventurer on a 50,000-kilometre, 28-year trek home from South America without using any transport has set foot on UK soil after swimming the Channel, his publicists said Tuesday. Karl Bushby, a 57-year-old former paratrooper, set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, in November 1998, vowing to reach his mother's home near Hull in northern England without travelling on planes, trains, boats, vehicles or other transport modes. From Mai 68 to 2026: France’s long student protests tradition Russia-backed Mali junta retakes strategic town after separatists withdraw French parents join school protests to support and protect their children Three years on, October 7 massacre sites in Israel draw visitors seeking to remember Three years on, questions remain over what Netanyahu knew before October 7 Devastation in Gaza: Three years of war reshape the enclave beyond recognition October 7, hour by hour: How the Hamas attack on Israel unfolded © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved.

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