Karl Bushby's walk ends in Hull, with a tea complaint

The Washington Post captures the adventurer's family reunion after nearly three decades on the road, alongside his thanks to the people who helped him home.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 98,254 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (4,320).

He set out 28 years ago to walk around the world. After 31,000 miles, he just made it home.

Karl Bushby hugs his mother in front of a cheering crowd, then finds something missing from the welcome. "Now, I'm a little upset you haven't got a cup of tea and biscuits for me."

The Washington Post's Short captures the end of his 28-year journey around the world, arriving home in Hull on November 2. Before the reunion, he pushes his loaded cart along a Lincolnshire road and reflects on a week of final experiences: his last day in a tent, his last day on the road alone.

Archive footage compresses an extraordinary route into a few seconds, moving through Argentina, El Salvador, Alaska, the Bering Strait, Mongolia and the Caspian Sea. Back in Hull, Bushby walks through party decorations to greet his family, including his son and granddaughter.

The report drew nearly 49,000 views in its first eight hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a Short.

At the microphone, Bushby makes the homecoming about more than his own endurance. "They say it takes a village. But literally it took a world to get me here." He asks the Hull crowd to give a cheer for the people around the globe who helped him reach this point.

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The numbers

The homecoming report has already drawn a much larger audience than a usual Washington Post Short.

the video's first day

usual first day here

4,320

this video

98,254

subscribers

2,860,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,720,243,788

views per day

236,169

typical day: 277,923

the video

views

48,962

likes

1,298

comments

173

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

CBN News

2,890,000

Washington Post

2,860,000

NewsNation

2,800,000

The Guardian

2,650,000

ABC News (Australia)

2,640,000

New York Post

2,620,000

As of November 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.