Former Swansea paratrooper finishing 19k walk of Britain's coastline today

A former Swansea paratrooper who set off to walk the UK coastline six years ago has just one mile left - and will cross the finish line with his partner, dog and baby son on Saturday.

Chris Lewis, 43, has walked more than 19,000 miles since leaving Llangennith beach on the Gower Peninsula, near his home city of Swansea, South Wales, on August 1 2017.

He set off from the beach alone, with just £10 in his pocket and a few days of supplies, in a bid to raise funds for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.

Since then, Mr Lewis has raised more than £350,000 for the charity, adopted a dog called Jet, fallen in love and become engaged to Kate Barron, 36, who has joined his walk.

The couple welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Magnus Lewis, in May last year. They are hoping to reach £500,000 in donations for SSAFA through their walk.

On Saturday, the family will be joined by supporters as they walk the final mile together - finishing on Llangennith beach at around 12.30pm.

Writing on Facebook, where Mr Lewis is followed by almost 150,000 people, the veteran described sitting looking down at the finish line with his family on Thursday.

He wrote: "Yesterday we sat in exactly the same spot where I stood six years ago when a voice came into my head and said 'walk the UK coastline'.

"The beautiful Rhossili looking down the cliffs towards Llangennith. It was an unbelievable and momentous moment for me to say the least.

"The man you see in this picture is a completely different man to the guy who stood here six years ago.