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Article: Rockall ticked off Charles Veley's list.
- Article from:
- Stornoway Gazette (Stornoway, Scotland)
- Article date:
- May 29, 2008
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MANY people who have taken a year out, or heading off for an epic year long adventure, can say that they've travelled the world.
But serial traveller, American Charles A Veley, is a man who can say he's travelled the world and actually mean the entire world - having visited 630 of the worlds 673 countries, territories, autonomous regions, enclaves, geographically separated island groups and major states and provinces.
And number 630 was most recently achieved when Charles travelled to, and landed on, the isolated Atlantic outcrop Rockall.
Along with a number of islanders, Chicago Radio Ham Michael Mcgivr, and 'island-bagger' Yorkshire man Andy ...