‘A last resort’: Man walks Kelowna to Penticton following Highway 97 closure
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Penticton, B.C., resident walks from Kelowna following Highway 97 closure.
A Penticton, B.C., resident is sharing his story after walking over 10 hours to get to work.
Last Monday, Matthew Macdonald made a routine trip to Kelowna by bus to visit his grandchildren.
Highway 97 was closed later that day following a rockslide which meant MacDonald couldn’t take the bus home. So, instead, he set out on foot back to Penticton from Kelowna.
“Every second week I go up to Kelowna to see my grandkids. I take the bus, the number seven to go up there,” said Macdonald.
“I was struggling to find a way to get back home. I was asking BC Transit to see how to get back home. They had no options for me, just to wait a couple of days, but I couldn’t, I have my job. I just decided at lunchtime, just to start walking.”
The head groundskeeper is one of the longest-employed employees at the Penticton Lakeside Resort and said he did not want to miss more than a day of work.
Macdonald was in high spirits a week later, despite making the entire journey in flip-flops and running into a few hurdles along the way.
“It was a last resort,” said Macdonald.
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