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Chris Lewis

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Gender Male
Age 55
Date of birth March 17,1969
Zodiac sign Pisces
Born Osborne Park
Australia
Other name Carl
Batting styleRight-handed
Height 188 (cm)
BowlRight arm fast-medium
BatRight-handed
Last test26 August 1996 v Pakistan
Last odi23 May 1998 v South Africa
Nation side England
Prize money$647,550
Turn pro1975-03-27 20:36:06
Children Geneva Lewis
Parents Irwin Lewis
Origin teamClaremont (WAFL)
Nicknam Carl
Education Christ Church Grammar School
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Christopher Lockley Lewis is a former Australian rules footballer who played over 200 AFL senior games for the West Coast Eagles. An indigenous Australian, Lewis is one of the sons of Irwin Lewis, a notable scholar, sportsman, public servant, and indigenous Australian artist.

The former paratrooper-self-isolating, on an uninhabited Hildsay

Feb 16,2020 7:28 am

Chris Lewis was sleeping in a tent, if the revocation was imposed on 23. March

A former British paratrooper isolated on an uninhabited Shetland Islands to lockdown measures were introduced in the middle of a fundraising challenge to walk the British coast.

Chris Lewis has walked 12,000 miles, after setting off from the vicinity of his home in Swansea in August 2017.

He now gets special permission To Live in a house on Hildasay, together with His Dog Jet.

The 108-acre island is located off the Western coast of the Shetland festival.

The 39-year-old slept in a tent on The Mainland of Shetland if lockdown restrictions March 23 were imposed to contain the spread of the Corona Virus.

'Kindly given a boat'

taken But, he and Jet to Hildasay with the boat and have remained so ever since.

your new home is a former shepherds hut, without running water, heating or electricity. He got the key of The Family of The Man who owns it, after they heard that he was camping.

are lifted lockdown restrictions, Mr Lewis, and the Jet extends further on its journey around the British coastline to raise money for SSAFA, The Armed forces, The Charity donations have already reached almost £the to 98,000.

The Island 's only house is a former shepherds hut, without electricity

"I have, especially in the isolation of the last two years, due to the nature of the places we've been walking," He Said .

"When I Heard , it was a lock, I was kindly, given a boat to get over to Hildasay, which is an uninhabited island.

"I thought it would be better if I was on The Mainland - I didn't want to be in The Way . "

'Happiest I have ever been to'

Since then, Mr Lewis survived, and thanks to a regular boat to drop fresh water and coal.

He Said he collects safely drift-wood, fodder and fish for his food, and the always makes, he has a three-week supply of Dog Food for Jet.

Hildasay has been uninhabited since the late 19Th Century , with Mr Lewis, and Jet was only 15 sheep and thousands of birds.

"It has really given me A Chance to move to The Island to enjoy," He Said .

"I'm able to reflect, to walk as far, only to realize, what this has done to Help Me personally, and the amount of amazing people in the UK.

"I'm the happiest I have ever been. "

Chris Lewis shares The Island with 15 sheep and thousands of birds

Almost 40,000 people have been following Mr Lewis's journey on a Facebook-Chris walks in the UK.

Mr Lewis said he was struggling to face life on "civvy street" after leaving the Parachute Regiment and finding themselves homeless.

He slept on The Street and in the cars in front of SSAFA, which he describes as "really amazing", stepped in to help.

He made himself of Llangennith beach on the Gower Peninsula , with just £10 in his pocket and a few days of supplies, to raise money for The Charity .

If he is able to resume his fundraising challenge, Mr Lewis is on His Way to The North of Scotland, before you get down on the East Coast of the UK.



swansea, uplifting stories, shetland, coronavirus lockdown measures, coronavirus pandemic, british armed forces

Source of news: bbc.com

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