![]() “I was aiming for Cape Wrath lighthouse," he said. Incredibly, Jim managed to leave hospital just two days later, but within a few months, as he was traversing the top west corner of Scotland, he was swept out to sea twice. “I had to be rescued by a Coast guard helicopter.” "But I smashed my head on a large boulder when I hit the bottom and knocked myself out, and ended up with a bleed on the brain and a broken thumb. I landed on my back, and my legs were alright. "It was just a crumbling cliff and before I could move, it gave way. “I was on the mainland opposite the Isle of Skye in Scotland when the cliff collapsed. However, the trip didn’t go completely to plan as within the first few months he was airlifted to hospital after tumbling 20ft down a cliff on August 16 last year. He then went up Scotland’s West coast before moving clockwise around Britain and ending up back at his home on Friday, September 30 at 2:30 P.M., just under 18 months later. Jim Morton with wife Sue next to statue in Silloth, Cumbria. Jim set off from his home in Penistone, South Yorks., on April 12, last year, before heading 50 miles on foot to join the coastline, near Widnes, Cheshire. “And when you actually meet the Gurkhas – we stayed in barracks and had meals there – you grow more admiration for them." ![]() I would have done it if I had lost half a leg halfway round, I was that determined. ![]() ![]() “There was never an option to not complete the journey. “The army gives you a certain mindset and the guts and determination to keep going, and that’s all you need," Jim said. Jim, now 62, averaged an impressive 16.5 miles per day during his 18 months voyage, with Sue and his two pet Westies, Shauna and Masie, following him in a motor home.Īnd the retired serviceman, who has raised nearly £32,000 ($36,707) for the Gurkha Welfare Trust, said his military training had given him the “guts and determination” to keep going. And In Scotland, the grandfather of four was chased by gun-wielding military police after he got too close to a nuclear submarine birth while trying to take a selfie. ![]()
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