Man completes Napoleon tapestry after surviving a brain tumour, meningitis and a car crash

The tapestry is made up of thousands of tiny cross-stitches.

The picture below might look like a painting, but it's actually made of thousands of tiny cross-stitches.

It's the work of a 67-year-old Alan Bramley from Gronant, near Prestatyn, and it took him five years to finish.

Sarah Powell meets him.

His latest piece, a portrait of Napoleon, took him five years to complete.

During that time he suffered a brain tumor, mengitis, and a debilitating car crash.

He says the thought of finishing the tapestry kept him going.

Alan is now working on a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I