AN ex-Para survived alone for a week in the Scottish Highlands — after getting lost walking to Britain’s most remote pub for a free pint.
Retired soldier and former cop Paul Conway, 67, went missing on a 28.5-mile trek over mountains to the boozer, which has no access roads and is only otherwise reachable by boat.
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His worried family raised the alarm when the dad, from Newcastle, failed to arrive at the Old Forge pub, Knoydart, last Friday.
The pub offers a free beer to anyone adventurous enough to walk there.
A search was launched using the RAF, coastguard, police and mountain rescue.
And Paul was found on Tuesday “in good health and spirits”, a week after beginning his three-day hike.
Police said he was found in a remote area near Loch Morar, having got lost on the “challenging and boggy” route.
Paul’s son Chris said his dad had been through a “hell of a lot”.
He previously posted online: “The dafty is 67 but still thinks he is 21 and can do anything. Which he can’t.”
Old Forge manager Will O’Neill said the ex-Para has yet to make it to the pub, but staff are “over the moon” he had been found.
He added: “A warm welcome awaits you Paul. We hope to see you in the Forge afore long.”
But Paul’s daughter, Claire Ferguson-Conway, said her dad would only be allowed to visit “if he arrives by ferry”.
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