By Tom Bevan

A man decided to spend his inheritance on a boat instead of a new car - then sailed round the world for nine years.

Barry Perrins set sail in June 2016 in a 36ft sailing boat with the motto "I'll keep going and see where I end up."

But nearly a decade later - after sailing around 30,000 miles, he has finally docked back in his home city of Plymouth, Devon.

The former lifeboatman began in Portugal, traveled across the North Atlantic to the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal and into the Pacific Ocean.

His intended seven year trip was extended due to Covid, which he spent in New Zealand, and wasn't without its dramas - with fears he could die on several occasions.

But after being greeted back to Plymouth to a hero's reception last Monday, he said the whole experienc

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