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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucinda Cameron

Fundraiser in ‘surreal’ meeting with Pope after walking from Glasgow to Rome

A woman who walked from Glasgow to Rome has said it was “lovely and surreal” to have a surprise meeting with the Pope after her six-month fundraising trek.

Geraldine McFaul, 52, set off from her home in Scotland at the start of May and arrived in the Italian capital on November 4, having walked around 2,000 miles through the UK, France and Italy.

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