Free public exhibition of original images, maps, diary entries and Bushby's walking trolley 'The Beast' from his 10,000-day walk from Chile to the UK.
Monocle is hosting a free public exhibition dedicated to Karl Bushby, opening on Tuesday 3 November and running until early 2027. It's a look back at one of the most extraordinary journeys to ever start and end in Hull.
Bushby is a former paratrooper, now 57, who set off at 28 on 1 November 1998 from Punta Arenas in Chile with one rule: to walk all the way home without using any form of transport. He reached British soil on 5 October after swimming the English Channel to Shakespeare Beach near Dover, more than 10,000 days since he left Hull. The exhibition brings together the things that went with him and the records he kept along the way.
On display are original images from his time in South America, Canada, Mongolia and Serbia, alongside his trusted trolley, 'The Beast'. There are maps of the Bering Strait and the Caspian Sea, diary entries he sent home to his father Keith, maps pinpointing where he slept, and his swimming kit. It's a collection of the small, everyday things that add up to a twenty-eight-year walk across the world.
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Monocle is the former six-storey Europa House building next to Paragon Interchange, and the exhibition is sponsored by Hull print company Jaden Press. It's free to enter, open 8am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 4pm on Saturdays, and since it runs until early 2027, you've plenty of time to fit it in.
Date
3 November – 31 January
Location
Monocle Gallery, 184 FerenswayPrice
Free
Recommended Age
+14 years
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