An 86-year-old adventurer has completed his epic 8,000-kilometre fundraising walk across Canada – a tale of loneliness that covered stretches of man’s journey and the long hours spent collecting donations.
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Gordon Eason, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, completed the walk in Maple, Alberta, having set off from Yellowknife, the Northwest Territories capital, on 23 June. He had left land in the north-west of Canada and walked more than 3,000 miles on unpaved, mile-long dirt roads with no potable water. Along the way he collected $4,400 in donations, chiefly from people in Canadian towns who signed their names to stop-orders on his behalf.
Eason had planned to complete his journey only when Canada gained its independence from Britain. But Eason is an ardent republican and an active member of the pro-independence Scottish National party.
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Born in Gourdon, a town in County Cork, Ireland, Eason became known as the Kilted Scotsman for his role in backing Ulstermen against Britain during the Northern Ireland troubles of the early 1970s. He walked approximately 10,000 miles across the UK between 1969 and 1972.