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. staying. jeep and I hopped in and there was this guy sitting there all dressed in sort of

traditional tweed outfit with 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 when he was picked up by her gamekeeper.

Which is a thing a lot of wealthy landowners have in England, a person who manages the hunting

activity on their land.

Right, so this gamekeeper drove him back to the village where he was staying and dropped him off.

And no, his story doesn't end with him meeting Madonna.

I wish it did too.

And I ask about Madonna how he liked this game keeper liked working for her and he said he loved his job and he thought Madonna was just wonderful.

What's your favorite Madonna song, Dad?

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