This 85-year-old woman saw a need for benches on the Island Walk, so she made it happen [Video]

Partway through the 700-kilometre Island Walk this past spring, 85-year-old Betty Hope-Gittens felt like sitting down and taking a rest among the beauties of Prince Edward Island.

But there was not a bench in sight.

So, walking poles in hand, she went up to the first house she could find and knocked on the door.

“I said, ‘May I please sit on your front steps? I’m so tired.'”

Not only did the homeowner let Hope-Gittens take a load off; she brought her two lobsters to eat. 

Further along the walk, Hope-Gittens saw a man selling antiques and asked if she could take a break and sit in one of the chairs on his lawn.

“On both occasions, both these people welcomed me. The P.E.I. people are particularly gracious — kind, you know,” she told CBC News.

But they can’t …