Man, 80, hitchikes 10,000 miles to scatter wife's ashes

An 80-year-old man hitchhiked for 10,000 miles to scatter his wife's ashes.

Man, 80, hitchikes 10,000 miles to scatter wife's ashes

An 80-year-old man hitchhiked for 10,000 miles to scatter his wife's ashes.

Mike Howitt travelled through 21 countries from his home in Leicester, central England, to Cape Town, South Africa to fulfil his beloved late wife Diana's wishes and scatter her ashes on Table Mountain.

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