Residents and visitors gather in Queen Victoria Square to welcome Hull-born adventurer Karl Bushby on completion of his 28-year round-the-world walk.
Karl Bushby is finally walking back into Hull on Monday 2 November, around 11:00, at Queen Victoria Square in the city centre. He'll be welcomed in front of Hull City Hall by the Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull and Admiral of the Humber, Councillor Maria Coward, and the Hull Volunteers. It's the end of a journey that started in Chile back in 1998, when Bushby, a Hull-born former paratrooper, set off with the aim of walking home without using any transport to get himself forward. He's been on the move for 28 years.
To get here, he's covered 36,000 miles — about 58,000km. That includes crossing the Bering Strait between the US and Russia and trekking through the jungle of the Darién Gap from Panama to Colombia. He first stepped back on UK soil earlier this month after swimming across the English Channel, and the final leg has taken him north towards his family home, crossing the Humber Bridge on his way into the city centre. The Lord Mayor has praised his spirit, tenacity and dogged determination, and noted the pride the city feels in what he's achieved.
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If you've been following along, you'll know he's documented the whole thing on Instagram and his website, www.karlbushby.world. It's a long way from where he started, and this is the moment it all wraps up. He'll be arriving at Queen Victoria Square around 11:00 on Monday 2 November, welcomed by Councillor Maria Coward and the Hull Volunteers.
