The Walking Man
Nearly 60km today between Kellerberrin and Merredin. Holly cycled a good bit of the way and she seems ok. She’s decided to stay with the team and not go back to the UK for her gramp’s funeral. We’re all glad she’s staying and are rallying around.
I can feel the headwind slowly bending round. For most of today it was coming in at an angle against my left shoulder, if the trend continues hopefully we’ll have a tailwind soon!
A couple of k’s before Merredin we met someone a family had told us about the day before. A mythical creature, The Walking Man! Jeff Hunston is a Canadian, and he is on a mission. Pushing his Chariot in front of him Jeff is slowly inching his way across Australia, taking time off away from his family and job back home to walk across Aus whenever he can. This is Jeff’s second stint Down Under and having walked between Freemantle and Merredin, today’s wander is his last for a while. We just caught him! Jeff presented me with a small medal he had made in the Perth mint, he told me it was for people he met who showed an extraordinary kindness or were in themselves extraordinary. And then he made a $50 donation to BoardFree. Amazing to think, that somewhere in the middle of WA a walking man can meet a skating man, talk for a while and then bid each other farewell and continue in the same direction at different speeds. If people have nothing else, they have journeys to embark on.
I can feel the headwind slowly bending round. For most of today it was coming in at an angle against my left shoulder, if the trend continues hopefully we’ll have a tailwind soon!
A couple of k’s before Merredin we met someone a family had told us about the day before. A mythical creature, The Walking Man! Jeff Hunston is a Canadian, and he is on a mission. Pushing his Chariot in front of him Jeff is slowly inching his way across Australia, taking time off away from his family and job back home to walk across Aus whenever he can. This is Jeff’s second stint Down Under and having walked between Freemantle and Merredin, today’s wander is his last for a while. We just caught him! Jeff presented me with a small medal he had made in the Perth mint, he told me it was for people he met who showed an extraordinary kindness or were in themselves extraordinary. And then he made a $50 donation to BoardFree. Amazing to think, that somewhere in the middle of WA a walking man can meet a skating man, talk for a while and then bid each other farewell and continue in the same direction at different speeds. If people have nothing else, they have journeys to embark on.
posted by boardfreedave @ 5:12 am
2 Comments:
At 7:14 pm,
Anonymous said…
That last paragraph just fills me with hope for humanity!
At 1:34 am,
Anonymous said…
I've been following your story Dave, first of course being an Australian I laughed at the thought that some one would want to do what you are doing. After searching your site and seeing your ambition clearly stated I have come round to thinking you are pretty amazing and smart. After reading this story I also think you are quiet blessed and as a Pomme you are very lucky to witness the beauty in its landscape and people. You are also very inspiring and may fortune prevail and the land look after you and Keep Writing its great.
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