WHITTINGTON

Radio Record, 25 March 1938, Page 23

WHITTINGTON

MODERN VERSION WHEN broadcasting for 2Zk, Nelson, about four years ago the radio reporter and interviewer for 3ZB, Christchurch, met Mr. E. S. Day, who was then on a walking tour of New Zealand. After speaking over the microphone, Mr. Day expressed the hope that he would meet the reporter again. He did, in Christchurch last week. this time after a hiking tour of IWngJand and Scotland-a vastly more ambitious project, and one containing a great deal more interest for the wayfarer. The result was a talk which 3ZB listeners found very much to their liking, : Armed with a sheaf of letters of introduction and something appropriate in the way of solid boots and clothing, the 64-year-old hiker met many notables, including the Lord Mayor of London, thus establishing himself as a modern Whittington, although, of course, he did not grace the mayoral chair. His trip cost him the minute sum of £20. Sometimes he slept in beds which cost him 7d. He had meals which drained his purse for Sd. a time-and very good he found them. In one place a week’s board cost him 6/-. The "Record" might justifiably ask how this sort of thing is done, Mr. Day’s reply naturally would be that there are two essentials-keeping fit and possessing a keen love of the openair life.