There's a reason why I'm sharing my favorite Katie Mingle story with you, and if you absolutely

can't wait to find out that reason, skip ahead 25 minutes or so. But it would be cooler

if we just took this walk together.

Come on Rambler.

Say it with me.

This is 99% invisible.

I'm Roman Mars. When producer Katie Mingle's dad retired, he began walking. A lot.

He'd always been a walker, but with all the new time on his hands, his walking took on a forest gumpian fervor.

He started doing these really long multi-day treks through the countryside.

And even though he's American, he mostly preferred to walk in the UK.

In fact, over the course of several years, he walked the entire length of Great Britain.

And on one of these many trips in 2003.

I was walking through this beautiful rolling hills and wooded area and there were

They were just literally hundreds and hundreds of pheasants and grouse along this trail and you'd walk along and they would fly up in the air.

That's my dad, Jim Mingle.

I walked and walked and it got later and later and I realized I couldn't get back to my B&B where I was

staying so I decided I would hitchhike back. Hitchhiking is dangerous, Dad, but go on.

I stuck out my thumb and I pulled this jeep, and I hopped in,

and there was this guy sitting there all dressed in sort of traditional tweed outfit.

There was a funny cap and there was a shotgun on the rack in the back which you never ever saw in Britain.

And we got to talking and he said he was the gamekeeper for Madonna and Guy Ritchie.

My dad had been walking through Madonna's private estate

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