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Karl Bushby, a British adventurer who embarked on a 31,000-mile global trek from Chile in November 1998, recently completed his journey by swimming the English Channel and landing at Shakespeare Beach near Dover. After traveling through 29 countries over 28 years, Bushby will return to his family home in Hull, East Yorkshire. Award-winning filmmaker Werner Herzog is documenting Bushby's epic challenge for a feature-length documentary titled "Walk of Life." During his journey, Bushby faced numerous challenges, including securing visas and permission to swim the Channel from France to England due to 2018 prefectoral regulations.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Karl Bushby, a 57-year-old British adventurer, completed his 28-year journey around the world on foot in late October. Starting from Punta Arenas, Chile in November 1998 with the goal of circumnavigating the globe without any motorized transportation, he traveled through 29 countries before reaching Shakespeare Beach, just south of Dover, UK, after swimming the English Channel. Bushby was greeted by family and friends along with renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog, who is making a documentary about his journey titled 'Walk of Life'. Throughout his odyssey, Bushby faced numerous challenges including visa denials in Moscow and disruptions due to financial crises and the pandemic, which caused him to pause his travels temporarily. Despite these setbacks, he resumed walking exactly where he had left off once conditions improved. He arrived at his family home in Hull, East Yorkshire shortly after returning to UK soil, marking the end of his epic endeavor.
Written for “British Adventurer Returns Home After…” on 2026-10-06,
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A British adventurer has swum the English Channel and is back in the UK 28 years after he set off on a whopping 31,000 mile journey around the world.
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Karl Bushby, 57, started his global odyssey from Chile in November 1998 with the simple aim of becoming the first person to continuously circumnavigate the world on foot.
But now, after travelling through 29 countries, the finish line is in sight after he arrived at Shakespeare Beach just south of Dover on Monday.
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Mr Bushby will now travel on to his family home in Hull, East Yorkshire, which will bring Mr Bushby's epic challenge to a close.
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He said: 'Feels good to have UK soil under my feet after all these years.
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Proving I'm more capable than I give myself credit for.
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All of us can accomplish more than we will ever imagine.'
At the beach Mr Bushby was greeted by family and friends as well as acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog and his film crew.
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Mr Herzog is directing a feature-length documentary about Karl's journey titled 'Walk of Life'.
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Mr Bushby faced some minor hiccups at the French border when it came time to cross the Channel.
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The 57-year-old started his global odyssey from Chile in November 1998 with the simple aim of becoming the first person to continuously circumnavigate the world on foot
Mr Bushby pictured in the first decade of his challenge in Alaska in 2005
The son of an SAS soldier was this summer refused access to the Channel Tunnel, which would have avoided having to navigate one of the world's busiest shipping routes.
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Eurotunnel said closing its service tunnel, which runs next to the main tunnel, would pose a safety risk to passengers and affect essential maintenance work.
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French officials also said that, under a 2018 prefectoral order, France only permits people to swim across the English Channel from the UK to France, rather than from France to the UK.
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Having secured permission for the crossing from the proper authorities and coordinating with both French and UK coast guards, Mr Bushby was able to complete the swim.
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In 2024, he faced another hurdle when he was forced to swim 186 miles across the Caspian Sea as a means of avoiding having to enter Russia or Iran due to tensions with the West.
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During his travels, he crossed the infamous Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama and became the first Brit to walk across the 58-mile Bering Strait between North America and Russia, although the journey involved some swimming.
However, Mr Bushby said securing visas and failing to gain permission to use the Channel Tunnel had been the hardest part of the expedition.
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His mother, Angela, has promised to greet her son at the front gate to the family home at the conclusion of his 28-year journey which Mr Bushby previously estimated will be finished on November 1.
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