Hull (UK), Nov. 3 -- After a 28-year journey spanning 29 countries and covering 36,000 miles on foot, British adventurer Karl Bushby has finally returned to his hometown of Hull, reuniting with his mother nearly three decades after leaving home.

According to a report published by The Guardian, the 57-year-old received a hero's welcome in Queen Victoria Square on Monday, following the completion of his record-breaking expedition from Punta Arenas in Chile to Hull in England.

Bushby, who left the British Army at the age of 29 in 1998, had initially planned a 12-year journey. However, the expedition extended to 28 years as he crossed four continents, deserts, jungles, mountains and even a frozen sea.

He had set himself two conditions: he ...