Ex-paratrooper completes 19,000-mile UK coastline walk, raising £500,000

Chris Lewis began his walk while facing homelessness in 2017 and acquired a fiancee, baby son and dog en route

A former British paratrooper, who set out alone on a 19,000-mile UK coastline walk has completed the challenge, raising £500,000 for charity and returning home with a partner, dog and baby son in tow.

Chris Lewis, 43, was joined by hundreds of cheering supporters as he completed the final mile of his walk, which began on Llangennith beach on the Gower peninsula, near his home city of Swansea, south Wales, on 1 August 2017.