And the 28-year-old is heading south from Newark to Milton Keynes this week, continuing to raise awareness of the plight of the Burmese people.
Ewen's protest began in October last year. Determined to draw attention to the plight of the Burmese
people, he shaved off his distinctive waist-length dreadlocks for the first time in 11 years, and has walked barefoot in solidarity with the Burmese people ever since.
Ewen Hardie is more than halfway through his marathon barefoot walk.
Now he has taken on this barefoot walk, from Edinburgh to London. He has already written to Gordon Brown, and will present a petition to 10 Downing Street, calling on him to restate, on August 8, his government's support for democracy in Burma.
For the oppressed people of Burma this date is particularly significant. It is the 20th anniversary of the massacre ending the last democratic uprising.
Ewen is determined that this day must not be marked only as the opening day of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
He is carrying only essential clothing and the five essentials for 'Internally Displaced People' - canvas for shelter, 1kg rice, salt, a knife, and cooking equipment.
He has met kindness and support all along his journey - enriching his diet, giving him shelter, and walking his road with him. So much so, in fact, that he still has most of his original supply of rice.
Covering over 15 miles each day since June 25, he reached the halfway point of his epic march in York on July 13.
The Dean of York, the Very Rev. Keith Jones, said: "When we see the oppression of the people of Burma we feel powerless to help.
"Ewen's walk will send a message of support from our distant land, provide a focus for our own prayers, and be a clear, public declaration of what we require for the people of Myanmar."
Ewen was in Melton Mowbray on Sunday, then along the B6074 to Foxton on Monday. Thereafter he followed the Grand Union Canal, to Crick, near Rugby, on Tuesday; and Blisworth, near Northampton, on Wednesday. Then he will continue beside the canal to Milton Keynes, and Leighton Buzzard – and on to London.
Photographs and regular updates are available on his blog – www.barefeetforburma.blogspot.com – where supporters can add their names to his petition, by clicking on 'comments' at the end of it, and simply adding their names and addresses in the comments box.
This blog also links to his fund-raising site, www.justgiving.com/barefeetforburma
This has already raised over £1,800 for the Burma Educational Scholarship Trust.
