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CELEBRITY adventurer Charley Boorman has completed the epic expedition he began in Coventry three months ago.

Charley launched his By Any Means trip from Coventry after spending a night in the city's Transport Museum.

He set off with a motorbike convoy convoy

Vessels sailing under the protection of an armed escort. Since the 17th century, neutral powers have claimed the right of convoy in wartime, providing warships to escort their merchantmen and keep them secure from search or seizure.
 of around 500 bikes and headed down to London through Warwickshire.

He finally completed his journey in Australia yesterday by leading another motorcycle convoy of more than 300 bikes across Sydney's Harbour Bridge Harbour Bridge or Harbor Bridge may refer to:
  • Auckland Harbour Bridge, in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Great Egg Harbor Bridge, in New Jersey, United States
  • Sydney Harbour Bridge, in Sydney, Australia
  • Wick Harbour Bridge, in Wick, Scotland
.

He has passed through 24 different countries over the last three months and travelled on more than 100 different modes of transport.

His journey will be showed on BBC BBC
 in full British Broadcasting Corp.

Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927.
 2 in September and on the National Geographic Channel
This article is about the US television channel.
For the British version, see National Geographic Channel (UK).
For the Canadian version, see National Geographic Channel (Canada).
 in the New Year.
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Publication:Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Geographic Code:4EUUK
Date:Jul 23, 2008
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