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

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Karl Bushby, a 57-year-old former paratrooper, completed a 50,000-kilometre round-the-world journey starting in Punta Arenas, Chile, in November 1998. He successfully reached the UK soil by swimming the English Channel, marking the end of his 28-year trek without any form of transport. The journey spanned nearly three decades, culminating in his arrival in northern England where he was greeted by his mother.

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• Karl Bushby, a 57-year-old former paratrooper, completed a 50,000-kilometre round-the-world journey starting in Punta Arenas, Chile, in November 1998.
• He successfully reached the UK soil by swimming the English Channel, marking the end of his 28-year trek without any form of transport.

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