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What is your destination, do you have one?)\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC, three thousand fifty five miles.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Doris Haddock, Social Activist\u003cbr/\u003eWith her voice nearly gone from the day's hike, Granny D musters all of her remaining strength to publicise her cause.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We the people of the United States care. We want campaign finance reform!\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Doris Haddock, Social Activist\u003cbr/\u003eEighty-four year old politician Ken Hechler was so moved by Granny D.'s conviction he flew from West Virginia to join the California leg of her trek. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"When you see an eighty-nine-year-old great-grandmother walking across the continent, well, that gives you the inspiration not to be tired along the way, to follow her and to support her as the people of Southern California are doing.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Ken Hechler, Haddock's Walking Companion\u003cbr/\u003eOthers show their support by signing her petition for campaign finance reform. \u003cbr/\u003eHaddock hopes that after a year she'll arrive in Washington with enough signatures to make the Senate realise that Americans want the system changed.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd she has no intention of abandoning her crusade unless Congress passes a campaign finance reform law before she arrives on the Capitol steps.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"My cause pushes me on. I just feel that I'm being pushed to do this and I'm quite sure that I will make it. I'm working with a very old body, I realise that, and I'm praying that it won't break down on me.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Doris Haddock, Social Activist\u003cbr/\u003eBut this is just the start of a long and exhausting journey for Granny D and her part-time companions.\u003cbr/\u003eOnce through California's Yucca Valley she faces hundreds of miles of desert.\u003cbr/\u003eDuring her nights in the desert, she hopes to sleep in a support van, but by day she will be with just one companion and the fight that inspired her.\u003cbr/\u003e Yucca Valley, California, US - 11 January 1999 and File \u003cbr/\u003eYucca Valley, California, US - 11 January 1999\u003cbr/\u003e1. Tilt down on Doris Haddock and her walking companions Ken Hechler and Doug Vance walking through desert town \u003cbr/\u003e2. Close up of Haddock walking \u003cbr/\u003e3. Tilt up from Haddock's legs to sign on her backpack reading \"Granny 'D' Pilgrim for Campaign Finance Reform\"\u003cbr/\u003eFile - Washington DC\u003cbr/\u003e4. Dusk shot wide of Capitol\u003cbr/\u003e5. Senate session in progress\u003cbr/\u003eYucca Valley, California, US - 11 January 1999\u003cbr/\u003e6. Haddock shaking hands with passerby  \u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Doris Haddock, Social Activist \u003cbr/\u003e8. Haddock and Hechler arriving at Yucca Valley Town Center \u003cbr/\u003e9. Audience applauding \u003cbr/\u003e10. UPSOUND: (English) Conversation between Doris Haddock and member of audience\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Doris Haddock, Social Activist \u003cbr/\u003e12. Two locals watching Haddock address the crowd \u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of haddock addressing crowd \u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Doris Haddock, Social Activist \u003cbr/\u003e15. Crowd applauds Haddock's call for campaign finance reform \u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ken Hechler, West Virginia Secretary of State \u003cbr/\u003e17. Various woman signing Haddock's petition \u003cbr/\u003e18. Haddock and companions walking through desert \u003cbr/\u003e19. Haddock and Hechler walking from behind shows Campaign Finance Reform signs \u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Doris Haddock, Social Activist \u003cbr/\u003e21. Haddock and Hechler walking with sky behind them \u003cbr/\u003e22. Yucca Valley sign \u003cbr/\u003e23. 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