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World Service,16 mins

The man who spent 28 years walking around the world

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In November 2026, Karl Bushby returned to his home town of Hull in the north of England. He’d been gone 28 years, on an epic walking expedition that took him from the southernmost city of Chile across 29 countries, four continents, finally swimming across the English Channel to arrive back to British soil. A few weeks before his triumphant return, Outlook reporter Danny Aeberhard caught up with Karl on the home stretch. (Photo: Karl Bushby in 1999 standing on a highway in Argentina. He is wearing red and black matching rain jacket and trousers)

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