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Ha ha, I appreciate your wit. I think :s. I also appreciate people like Ellen MacArthur, who didn't need to sail around the world solo, and Mark Beaumont, who didn't need to cycle around the world. Personally I find their ability to challenge their limits to be admirable. I also feel...

And the many who are now reporting on it because they know it's of interest.

Crumbs, have you not heard that there are many, many fathers who abandon their children for far lesser reasons than this? Then they'll put their children through hell by arguing and fighting with their former partners - I don't think Bushby is guilty of that. And while you might love to pour...

I'm seriously hoping that he will see his way to a number of charitable donations 8-). I'll be a lot more likely to buy his book if he does.

Ah, maybe I missed that bit. My bad! 1791826650 Hold your finger on the link and it should offer you a dialogue box saying "Open".

Totally disagree!! Bushby has done far more to motivate and inspire people than a great number of others who milk a lot from society. He doesn't have a wife or children, and others in his family have been out to see him during his time away. His story might not inspire you personally, but that...

Some on this thread might know by now that Karl Bushby reached British shores a few days ago, by swimming the Channel. To me, and a rapidly growing number of others, his story is highly inspirational, and well deserving of much more respect than many people give him. It will be interesting to...

It's not the length of time that's important is it? If I drive at 120mph on a motorway for 1 hour, is it less dangerous than doing so for 10 hours? The point is that either way it's taking a risk, you just don't know when that risk will lead to trouble. All you do with a shorter time is...

Talk about full circle! I've always believed (and still do) that one of the main motivators for HS2 to go through the Chilterns was to run close to (or originally via) Heathrow, which would avoid the need for a third runway. (Yes, it was always convoluted reasoning but nevertheless carried...

Sadly I have to agree. And yet I strongly suspect that many of those at DfT have little or no first hand experience of cancellations, followed by then having to stand like sardines in hot corridors with failed aircon while the delays increase yet further. I've always maintained that people in...

This thread has already exposed many shortcomings of railway operations in the UK, and since the main flurry of comments, we now hear that Avanti are to be nationalised in March 2027, with XC to follow a few months later. At this point it would be interesting to hear a few thoughts about...

To a point you're not wrong, but he hasn't really missed out anything as he's always resumed from where he left off after bureaucracy etc have forced him to divert. This answers your points A and B. Yes, he could swim across the channel, and of course it wouldn't be all that much of a hardship...

Around ten hours walking time (3mph) ought to be sufficient. The question is whether the authorities actually cannot accommodate him under any circumstances, or whether they just don't want to? If the service tunnel is required for operational use then what would that involve? A member of...

I've covered this point in my OP. There are virtually no "special cases" ever, that involve such a huge achievement over such a length of time. Refusing to assist in this as a one-off is churlish and unnecessary, a decision made by small minded people. Seeing this as a potential can of worms...

Has anyone heard of Karl Bushby? He's the guy who is walking from the southern tip of Chile to his home in Hull, without using any transport whatsoever. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bushby Impossible? No. He started in 1998 and has taken 28 years, including perilous sections through the...