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'Hardest Geezer' Russ Cook has completed an epic 10,000 mile journey and is the first person ever to have travelled the length of Africa in 352 days by foot - facing machetes, a kidnapping and health scares along the way

Russ Cook, from Worthing, West Sussex, crossed the finish line in Tunisia on Sunday saying ‘I’m pretty tired’.

The Briton arrived late in the afternoon at Cape Angela in Tunisia

Russ Cook on Sunday completed a mammoth quest to run the length of Africa having overcome health scares, visa troubles and even an armed robbery.

Russ Cook, who calls himself the "Hardest Geezer", began the challenge in April last year, starting out in the southernmost point of the African continent, Cape Agulhas in South Africa

Russ Cook on Sunday completed a mammoth quest to run the length of Africa having overcome health scares, visa troubles and even an armed robbery.

A British man has successfully run the full length of Africa, crossing the finish line in Tunisia after 352 days.

Russ Cook, from Worthing, West Sussex, crossed the finish line in Tunisia on Sunday saying ‘I’m pretty tired’.

Russ Cook, from Worthing, West Sussex, crossed the finish line in Tunisia on Sunday saying ‘I’m pretty tired’.

Russ Cook on Sunday completed a mammoth quest to run the length of Africa having overcome health scares, visa troubles and even an armed robbery.