When Karl Bushby set off on a mission to walk home from the southern tip of South America, his son Adam was eight years old and he believed he would be back within 12 years.
Instead, the former paratrooper’s journey would consume almost half his life, carrying him through jungle war zones, across frozen seas and into repeated battles with border officials, while the little boy he left behind grew up and became a father himself.
Today, after 28 years and an estimated 75million steps, Bushby, 57, is preparing to reach his mother’s front gate in Hull, where his adventure will end
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