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Oakville's St. Patrick's Day walker once again managed to complete his annual 40-kilometre trek from Toronto to Oakvillefrom Toronto to Oakvillef on Sunday, March 17. This year marks the 43rd time Williams has fin- ished the walk and in doing so kept a tradition alive that supposedly dates back to 1922. "Everything went beau- tifully," said Williams. "I'm glad that I'm fin- ished it. I'm a little fa- tigued, but everything went well." The 67-year-old said he had nice sunny weather for his walk, which began at Toronto's City Hall at 9 a.m., and finished at Mo's Kitchen & Tavern at 234 Lakeshore Rd., E., in Oak- ville at 4:15 p.m. The St. Patrick's Day walk supposedly dates back to 1922 when a group of prohibition weary Irish- men made the journey in search of bootlegged alco- hol. That adventure turned into an annual walk, which Charlie Priestman kept go- ing for years. He passed the responsi- bility on to Barney Heard, who undertook the walk for 20 years before collaps-for 20 years before collaps-f ing during a St. Patrick's Day snowstorm in 1976 in Mississauga. Heard was driven to Oakville that year, but completed the walk the next year for the final time. Williams, who was 25 at the time, joined Heard for that walk and promised to keep the tradition going. "I just basically do it for the people of Oakville and for people who are shut infor people who are shut inf and can't do it themselves. I also do it for my own sake," said Williams. "I've done it for so long now that the only thing that is going to stop me is when my body just can't do it anymore." Williams said the only problem this year was a slight injury to his knee, which he received after slipping on some ice, but this did little to slow him down. The St. Paddy's Day walker says he has no shortage of great memories from the time he has spentfrom the time he has spentf honouring this tradition. He remembers one year during his walk being in- tercepted by a young girl, who brought him a cup- cake straight from the ov- en. Another year a group of grade-school children came out to see him finish and brought a banner they had made with them. "They came out in the worst weather. Their teacher brought them. They walked all the way from Maple Grove Drive in-from Maple Grove Drive in-f to town carrying this ban- ner. It said, 'Happy St. Pat- rick's Day Eddie,'" said Wil- liams. "That was really touch- ing." Williams said people have also come up to him and asked for his auto- graph, while others have approached him to share a beer. He said this year again people showed enthusiasm as he undertook his walk with seven people even par- ticipating in the walk with him. One woman, who Wil- liams said came from Lon- don, stayed in a hotel in To- ronto the night prior to the walk and then walked with Williams all the way to Oakville. Former Oakville resi- dent Raychyl Whyte also accompanied Williams and completed the walk for the 13th time. When asked why what he does seems to matter so much to people Williams said he thinks it's his level commitment to keeping the tradition going that is res- onating with some. "I think it is the fact that a lot of people can't do this, and it impresses them that I am doing this walk," he said. Williams said people are already starting to talk to him about getting to walk No. 50. He said he wants to keep undertaking these walks until at least 2022, the 100th anniversary of the start of the tradition. That walk, which would be No. 46, is just three years away.away.a "I'm looking forward to No. 44 now," he said. OAKVILLE'S ST. PATRICK'S DAY WALKER HAS DONE IT AGAIN DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com NEWS Eddie Williams has completed the 40-kilometre St. Patrick's Day walk from Toronto to Oakville for the 43rd time. Graham Paine/Metroland "Everything went beautifully. I'm glad that I'm finished it. I'm a little fatigued, but everything went well." - Eddie Williams PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER VI S IT U S O N LI N E @ IN S ID EH A LT O N .C O M