Fan hits halfway on US walk
- Twenty‑two‑year‑old Craig Ferguson reached the 1,500‑mile mark while walking 3,000 miles across the U.S. for the World Cup. (perspectivemedia.com) - He reported hitting Kansas on Tuesday and said the promise of a 'cold pint' keeps him motivated, per coverage. (heraldscotland.com) - The trek is getting steady media attention as a human‑interest endurance story tied to World Cup fandom. (perspectivemedia.com)
Craig Ferguson, a 22-year-old Scotland supporter from Paisley, has reached the halfway point of his 3,000-mile walk across the United States on his way to the 2026 World Cup. (perspectivemedia.com) Ferguson hit the 1,500-mile mark in Kansas on Tuesday, April 21, after setting off from Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles on February 22. He is walking to Boston and says a “nice cold pint” at the finish is helping keep him going. (heraldscotland.com) He hopes to arrive in Massachusetts before Scotland’s opening World Cup match against Haiti at Boston Stadium in Foxborough on Saturday, June 13, according to FIFA’s published schedule. (fifa.com) The walk is also a fundraiser for Scottish Action for Mental Health, or SAMH. The charity said Ferguson planned the route from Los Angeles to Boston as 104 straight marathon-length days and set a £1 million fundraising target. (samh.org.uk) SAMH said Ferguson began the trek on Monday, February 23, and is trying to become the first person to walk across the United States entirely in a kilt. More recent coverage of the halfway point says he had raised just under £112,000 by this week. (samh.org.uk) (aol.com) Ferguson has framed the trip around Scotland’s return to the men’s World Cup after a 28-year absence, a gap noted in earlier coverage of the walk. That timing has turned the trek into a cross between football pilgrimage, endurance challenge and charity campaign. (cityliveglasgow.com) He previously completed a walk from Glasgow to Munich in 2024, another long-distance trip tied to Scotland support and mental health fundraising. That earlier effort is part of how he built this larger United States route around the 2026 tournament. (perspectivemedia.com) At the halfway mark, Ferguson said he is now counting down to Boston instead of up from California. With Kansas behind him and Foxborough fixed on the calendar, the next 1,500 miles are the second half of the same bet: reach the World Cup on foot. (independent.co.uk)
