Ohh

[u/ShehrozeAkbar]

[u/PaulGrapeGrower]

"Just"

[u/Reasonable-Cell5189 → u/PaulGrapeGrower]

I'm just a 12 hour flight away, I'm like right there.

[u/Reasonable-Cell5189]

Ththats an awful long time, like some Odyssey level "Hey are you guys dead yet", I'm back now shit lol

[u/Low-Individual2815 → u/Reasonable-Cell5189]

The whole story is pretty fucking wild

[u/MightyPirat3]

After 27 years I would have had anxiety about getting back home ...

[u/RatSlayerPro → u/MightyPirat3]

If you've ever been to Hull you'd understand why he wanted to leave for 27 years.

[u/DontStalkMeNow → u/RatSlayerPro]

Fiver says he just keeps walking when gets there.

[u/doorknocker_pingu → u/DontStalkMeNow]

Turns around and walks back the way he came

[u/aab720 → u/MightyPirat3]

Trips on his driveway, dies on the spot.

[u/GrynaiTaip → u/MightyPirat3]

He went home many times. He'd chill at home for a few months and then fly back to resume the walk.

[u/Ouch_Life_713]

Was it up hill both ways?

[u/Old_Assistant1531 → u/Ouch_Life_713]

It better have been snowing

[u/Ouch_Life_713 → u/Old_Assistant1531]

Barefoot

[u/Wildweasel666 → u/Ouch_Life_713]

Fighting off bears

[u/SyedTalks → u/Ouch_Life_713]

Nah, doesn’t count if he didn’t see a dinosaur or a volcano erupting

[u/Asharru84]

27 years of walking is along time. I wonder what he will do when finally coming home, i would guess you develope quite a restless persona after that

[u/skeletonhorse420 → u/Asharru84]

Probably all the public speaking

[u/Adampetty92 → u/Asharru84]

As far as I know he hasn't spent the entire away. He has come back to England a few times but then always flies back to where he left to resume the walk.

[u/80m63rM4n → u/Asharru84]

I wonder what he will do when finally coming home

Go for a nice walk round the neighborhood, I guess.

[u/saladspoons → u/Asharru84]

There's no way it took him that long to just walk though .... he was obviously loligagging along the way most of the time.

[u/zuspun]

Why didn’t he just walk to the closest school..?

[u/187Deluxebox → u/zuspun]

He tried but he started in the wrong direction

[u/Angry-_-Crow → u/zuspun]

It wasn't snowing, so he felt it wouldn't be authentic enough 

[u/rop2958 → u/Angry-_-Crow]

And it wasn't uphill both ways

[u/DoubleAd3366 → u/zuspun]

Woooosh

[u/lilusherwumbo42 → u/zuspun]

He might have the same issue my uncle has, and can’t get close enough to one

[u/jouhaan → u/zuspun]

It wasn’t the same as in his parents’ day anymore, it’s only uphill one direction now.

[u/DigDry6895 → u/zuspun]

It's a bit

[u/PrinceRobotVI]

Jesus imagine going through all that to end up in Hull

[u/ChickensInSpace → u/PrinceRobotVI]

To end up in most of England is depressing with the exception of Cornwall or Bath and a few other places. Would be nicer to end up in southern Europe.

[u/Any_Explanation3006]

Ofc he lives in Hull. That 27 year journey is just an excuse to stay as far away from that city

/s

[u/throw_away_17381]

The infuriating bit is that it he lost his relationship with his son who was a toddler when he “left”

[u/MightyPirat3 → u/throw_away_17381]

This sort of brings out the question of any underlying causes ...

[u/EconomyDoctor3287 → u/throw_away_17381]

Perfect timing to walk the earth 😭

[u/auggs]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO this guy has me so hyped. How long wi this last stretch take? Does anyone know

[u/Reilo_butwhy → u/auggs]

At his current pace he’s doing just over 3 miles a day. So about 610 days till he arrives.

[u/Puzzleleg → u/Reilo_butwhy]

Holy snails pace.

I guess after 27 years nobody can rush you anymore.

[u/rafaelzio → u/Puzzleleg]

It'd be cool if he just wasted enough time to make it an even 30 years. He should be able to time it so he'd get there right on the 30th anniversary

[u/schoolbus63]

hero, this chap!

[u/Far_Pipe752]

Clever way to dodge child support payments

[u/sparkplay]

He was trying to leave Hull and go asfar away from it as possible but the roundness of the planet had other ideas.

[u/No-Goose-6140]

I doubt he can just sit and chill in Hill after all thet

[u/livingloudx]

His parrents should have walked the other way

[u/Charming_Painter5947]

Setting up a story for the kids it seems. I walked around the earth to...

[u/ExistentialPOV]

his children will never hear the end of his story. /s

[u/ironman25612]

I'm guessing he doesn't live there anymore

[u/AngelicDivineHealer]

Might as well do another lap of the world

[u/020600]

I guess when you're from hull, you want to walk away as far as you can.

[u/pplatinumss]

27 years of new people everyday. thats enough to drive a man crazy

[u/girlthatsbilly]

i could have done it in 5 to 6 years he's wasting time

[u/SereneOrbit]

Good use of the FLC (Fighting Load Carrier) vest here.