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| World runner, 61, returns to UK | World runner, 61, returns to UK |
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| A grandmother who has run more than 20,000 miles across 12 countries in five years is back in the UK. | A grandmother who has run more than 20,000 miles across 12 countries in five years is back in the UK. |
| Rosie Swale Pope, 61, says she is "full of beans" after arriving in Scrabster on the northern tip of Scotland to finish her round-the-world trip. | Rosie Swale Pope, 61, says she is "full of beans" after arriving in Scrabster on the northern tip of Scotland to finish her round-the-world trip. |
| She has overcome frostbite and broken ribs during her journey, which was to raise awareness of prostate cancer following the death of her husband. | She has overcome frostbite and broken ribs during her journey, which was to raise awareness of prostate cancer following the death of her husband. |
| After landing, she plans to run to her home in Tenby, in Pembrokeshire. | After landing, she plans to run to her home in Tenby, in Pembrokeshire. |
| A crowd which included her son, James, friends from Wales, and a bagpiper greeted her as she arrived at 0430 BST after taking the ferry from the Faroe Islands. | A crowd which included her son, James, friends from Wales, and a bagpiper greeted her as she arrived at 0430 BST after taking the ferry from the Faroe Islands. |
| Friends and family greet the former round-the-world sailor as she arrives back in the UK. | |
| It marks the final leg of her adventure which she began in south west Wales on her 57th birthday in 2003, in the belief it would take about two years. | It marks the final leg of her adventure which she began in south west Wales on her 57th birthday in 2003, in the belief it would take about two years. |
| With no back-up team and little funding, she ran through some of the planet's most remote and rugged areas, pulling a cart containing provisions. On most nights, she camped at the side of the road. | With no back-up team and little funding, she ran through some of the planet's most remote and rugged areas, pulling a cart containing provisions. On most nights, she camped at the side of the road. |
| Her route has taken her across Europe, Russia, Asia and north America. When she reached Times Square in New York in October last year, she draped herself in a Welsh flag. | Her route has taken her across Europe, Russia, Asia and north America. When she reached Times Square in New York in October last year, she draped herself in a Welsh flag. |
| During her journey she has been hit by a bus, suffered pneumonia, frostbite in Alaska and had a breast cancer scare. | During her journey she has been hit by a bus, suffered pneumonia, frostbite in Alaska and had a breast cancer scare. |
| She was confronted by a man with an axe in Siberia, was knocked unconscious as she tried to cross a river and has gone through 45 pairs of shoes. | She was confronted by a man with an axe in Siberia, was knocked unconscious as she tried to cross a river and has gone through 45 pairs of shoes. |
| Top of the world: Rosie Swale Pope has run more than 20,000 miles She has overcome her latest setback, breaking several ribs during a fall in Iceland, to begin the last UK leg of her trip. But she said the trip had been worth it. | |
| "What else would I be doing? | "What else would I be doing? |
| "Sat around thinking about what I did in the past?" she said. | "Sat around thinking about what I did in the past?" she said. |
| "The best thing is that if my run around the world, which is just a small thing really compared to what many people do, if it saves a life or two by raising cancer awareness and makes a little bit of money for charity, that's just brilliant." | "The best thing is that if my run around the world, which is just a small thing really compared to what many people do, if it saves a life or two by raising cancer awareness and makes a little bit of money for charity, that's just brilliant." |
| Her plan now is to run the west coast of Scotland, through Cumbria and Lancashire, on to Liverpool, and then through Wales. | Her plan now is to run the west coast of Scotland, through Cumbria and Lancashire, on to Liverpool, and then through Wales. |
| "It's fantastic to have set foot in Great Britain again," she said. | "It's fantastic to have set foot in Great Britain again," she said. |
| "It's a great moment." | "It's a great moment." |
| The adventurer first became well known when she crossed the Atlantic alone in a 17ft boat. | The adventurer first became well known when she crossed the Atlantic alone in a 17ft boat. |
| She also sailed around the world with her first husband Colin some 35 years ago and has completed a 3,000-mile horse trek through Chile and a run across the Sahara desert. | She also sailed around the world with her first husband Colin some 35 years ago and has completed a 3,000-mile horse trek through Chile and a run across the Sahara desert. |
| She started running when she was 48 by taking part in a local race in Tenby, and was one of the last to finish. | She started running when she was 48 by taking part in a local race in Tenby, and was one of the last to finish. |
| She is expected to end her round-the-world journey in August. | She is expected to end her round-the-world journey in August. |
| As well as aiming to increase awareness of prostate cancer after the death of her husband Clive Pope, she is raising money for a children's home in Russia run by the Kitezh educational organisation. | As well as aiming to increase awareness of prostate cancer after the death of her husband Clive Pope, she is raising money for a children's home in Russia run by the Kitezh educational organisation. |