Overview
- Bushby completed the final leg of the Goliath Expedition and arrived in Hull on Monday, November 2, 2026, ending a journey he began in Punta Arenas, Chile, in 1998.
- He kept two self‑imposed rules throughout: no forward progress by motorized vehicle and no return home until the route was finished, a commitment that required swims and other non‑motorized crossings for blocked land routes.
- The expedition stretched to 28 years because of repeated pauses for visas, loss of sponsors after the 2008 financial crisis, and COVID‑19 border closures that together cost roughly 14 years of active travel.
- Hull officials and several hundred residents formally welcomed him and he reunited with his mother, son and a granddaughter he had not met in person, after a public ceremony in Queen Victoria Square.
- A Werner Herzog‑backed film crew accompanied Bushby on the final stage and has provided long‑term logistical and financial support while Bushby plans to write a book and help complete the documentary.