Adventurer Karl Bushby's homecoming plans revealed

Global adventurer Karl Bushby will be welcomed home in Hull next week when he completes his 36,000-mile (58,000km) walk.

The 57-year-old set off from Chile in 1998, with the aim of walking home without using transport to advance.

Bushby's standout moments include crossing the Bering Strait, which stretches between the US and Russia, and hacking his way through jungle in the Darién Gap, from Panama to Colombia.

On Monday, people are being invited to gather in Queen Victoria Square, where he will be welcomed by Lord Mayor Maria Coward, who said: "We have all felt inspired by his spirit, tenacity and dogged determination to carry on in challenges faced by the most fearless of explorers."

After crossing the Humber Bridge, Bushby is expected to arrive in the city centre at about 11:00 GMT.

The former paratrooper will be invited to join Coward on a stage in front of City Hall. A brief private reception will follow.

Bushby will then set off on the final few miles of his journey to the city's Sutton estate, where he will be welcomed by his mother Angela.

Coward added: "We all [take] pride in his incredible achievement.

"We also know what it's like to come home to Hull – that feeling as your car or train, or feet in Karl's case, crosses or goes under the Humber Bridge and over the city boundary.

"As the world's media and documentary crews gather in our city, we can show them how proud we are of Karl's achievement and how proud we are to be from Hull."

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