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| World runner, 61, home to cheers | |
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| A grandmother has arrived home after an epic round-the-world run she began almost five years ago. | |
| Rosie Swale Pope, 61, finished her journey on crutches after injuring her leg on the final part of her journey of more than 20,000 miles (32,000 km). | |
| Hundreds of people lined the streets in in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, to welcome her back. | |
| She set off on her 57th birthday in October 2003 to raise prostate cancer awareness after her husband's death. | She set off on her 57th birthday in October 2003 to raise prostate cancer awareness after her husband's death. |
| Clutching a glass of champagne, she said: " "I'm so very moved. I can't believe you've all turned out for me. I'm just overwhelmed." | |
| As she neared the finish line she had said of her run: "It's nothing, other people have gone further. To me it's just a fun run that's got out of hand. | |
| Rosie Swale Pope on her epic run | Rosie Swale Pope on her epic run |
| "To me, I'm so grateful because when I was young I was not any good at sport, I only took up running when I was about fifty, and do you know, when you have to battle against things it's more of a challenge and more fun, and it's been a wonderful, wonderful journey." | |
| Doctors have told her she has two stress fractures in her leg, but she said she was determined not to let friends and well-wishers down. | Doctors have told her she has two stress fractures in her leg, but she said she was determined not to let friends and well-wishers down. |
| She was admitted to Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest after she found she was unable to stand on her injured leg. | She was admitted to Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest after she found she was unable to stand on her injured leg. |
| She said: "I'm really pleased I fractured my hip because it's made it far more exciting, and I got here just fine. | |
| "I thank the head consultant of Withybush Hospital for letting me go. I looked in his eyes and said 'I've got to do it'." Have crutches, will travel: Rosie Swale Pope was determined to carry on | |
| Friends from as far as Alaska and Chicago were in Tenby to see Ms Swale Pope finish her trip across the northern hemisphere. | |
| She said: "It's a journey that came out of sorrow and pain and heartache, but it's a journey that has turned to joy. I made 10,000 friends every year." | |
| Her leg injury appeared to be a minor setback compared to some of the difficulties she faced during her trek, including being hit by a bus, pneumonia, frostbite in Alaska and a breast cancer scare. | |
| She was also confronted by a man with an axe in Siberia, and knocked unconscious as she tried to cross a river. | She was also confronted by a man with an axe in Siberia, and knocked unconscious as she tried to cross a river. |
| Back in Tenby, she gave three cheers for the town, and added: "I feel so humble. I've done nothing special compared to just one nurse or a doctor." | |
| Before returning to her house in the town, Ms Swale Pope said: "Thank you for the most beautiful welcome anyone could have in their life. This is a dream come true for me, and I hope everyone's dreams come true." | |