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Hutch & Starsky – friends of Blaževdol

Hot August Wednesday. The sun defy anybody who wishes to come out of the shadow. In fire station in Blaževdol diligent firemen are cleaning the garages and outside with no hurry whatsoever. Nobody is complaining, even in this heat. They are proud when it’s tidy. And those big garages may seem concrete cold and faceless, but not to them. They are home.

That calm and hot afternoon simply had to be interrupted with some unusual event. That’s how the things works here. If nothing is happening at the moment, just wait a while.

And things became weird in the second. On the street that leads to fire station, a strange vehicle is coming. Tricycle with a trailor, full of flags from all over the world. Who is this funny bloke. Or two to be exact. The first one is Starsky, beautiful black mix breed dog. He is patrol for his master and servant, but really for his best friend Hutch.

Hutch is Martin Hutchinson, native of Manchester, ex-fireman. He’s travelling the world for 13 years now, raising awareness about enviromental protection and dangers of pollution. After he walked 34000 km across South America, for last 3 years he travels across Europe on his tricycle. After that he is planning to travel across Asia, and finishes his journey in Australia in 2030. Plan that may or may not come true. Doesn’t matter to Martin. His mission is  working out on daily basis. From place to place, big cities and small villages, country by country.

Hello Martin, take a break here with us.

We quickly came on the same page. He was fireman after all. Modesty in every his word. Starsky needs a little water. Just a bite or two of food. And then the stories started. Martin have thousands of those. Every his day is another story. From sleeping in bolivian prison to how Starsky, from abandoned puppy in Portugal became his lifetime travelling partner. OK, there must be something we can do to help your mission. Martin is teaching us how everybody is taking nature for granted. And we shouldn’t do that. He has seen it all. Polluted forests, fields, fresh water springs. We were proud when he said that Croatia is still clean, but we understood that was a warning, and we have to make an extra effort to keep it this way. „That is why we’ll plant a tree, here in your little park in front of the fire station.“ – Martin said.

And we did. Cherry tree that will remind us every day of this unusual encounter.

Time was flying listening to Martin’s stories, and we had some of our own. Hutch have patience to listen everybody, being calm, peaceful and modest. Starsky is more of the restless spirit. His communication with local dogs was a bit louder.

We had a cup of coffee, and traditional bacon and onions meal. Time has come for this two fellers to get on their way.

Bon voyage Starsky and Hutch. Who knows, maybe we’ll meet again.

Hutch i Starsky – prijatelji blaževdolski

Vruća kolovoška srijeda. Sunce se inati svakome tko ima želju izaći iz sjene. U vatrogasnom domu u Blaževdolu marljivi vatrogasci lagano, bez žurbe čiste garaže i okoliš. Nije to nikome teško, čak ni po pasjoj vrućini. Ponosni su kad je uredno. A i te velike garaže, koliko su nekome betonske i bezlične, vatrogascima ljeti daju debelu hladovinu, a zimi toplinu pravog doma.

I to mirno i vruće blaževdolsko popodne, jednostavno je moralo biti prekinuto nekim neobičnim događajem. Jer tak’ vam je to u Blaževdolu. Ako se ništa ne događa, morate samo malo pričekati.

No ovo popodne je u sekundi postalo izuzetno neobično, čak i za blaževdolske pojmove. S magistrale prema vatrogasnom domu zaputilo se čudno vozilo. Tricikl s prikolicom, pun zastava iz cijelog svijeta. Ma kakav nas je to čudan svat posjetio. Točnije dva čudna svata. Prvi je Starsky, prekrasni crni mješanac koji kao da je izvidnica svom gazdi i slugi, a u stvari samo prijatelju Hutchu.

Hutch je Martin Hutchinson, bivši manchesterski vatrogasac, koji već 13 godina putuje svijetom i širi svijest o zaštiti okoliša i opasnostima zagađivanja. Nakon što je 10 godina pješice prošao 34000 km uzduž i poprijeko Južnom Amerikom, od 2016. triciklira kroz Europu, nakon koje bi trebao prijeći Aziju do Singapura, te do 2030. završiti putovanje u Australiji. Plan za koji kaže da i nije bitno ako se ne ostvari, jer on svoju misiju izvršava svaki dan. Od mjesta do mjesta, velikih gradova i malih sela, državu po državu.

Hello Martin, odmori malo kod nas.

Brzo smo našli zajednički jezik, ipak je on bivši vatrogasac. Skromnost u svakom njegovom pokretu. Starsky treba malo vode, hrane tek toliko za pod zub. Nemamo nikakav ležaj za spavanje, ali kaže Martin da nije ni potrebno. Krov nad glavom i kauč u našoj kancelariji će biti savršen. I priče su počele. A Martin ih ima na tisuće. Svaki njegov dan je posebna priča. Od spavanja u bolivijskom zatvoru, do kako je Starsky od napuštenog šteneta u Portugalu postao njegov životni suputnik. Pa dobro, nemreš samo tak prejti, kak se veli u Prigorju. Sigurno nekaj moremo i mi napraviti. I kaže nam Hutch da u cijelom svijetu svi uzimaju prirodu zdravo za gotovo. A ne bi trebali, jer svačega se on nagledao, najviše ne razgradive plastike, po šumama, poljima, izvorima pitke vode. Bili smo ponosni kad je pohvalio Hrvatsku kao izuzetno čistu zemlju. I sam je priznao da je bio jako iznenađen. Ali nisu to riječi iz kurtoazije. Jasno nam je dao do znanja da smo dužni čuvati to što imamo. „Zato ćemo sad tu u vašem parkiću ispred doma posaditi drvo“, kaže Martin. I posadili smo ga. Drvo trešnje koje će nas svakodnevno podsjećati na ovaj neobičan susret.

I brže je došla večer, uz Martinove priče, a imamo i mi neke naše. Voli Hutch svakog saslušati, miran, staložen i skroman. Starsky je ipak malo nemirniji duh. Njegova komunikacija sa blaževdolskim pesekima je bila malo bučnija.

Dečki prespavali u domu, popili smo kavu i pojeli pravi prigorski „špek i luk“ doručak. Došlo je vrijeme da ovaj čudni duo krene dalje.

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Krešimir Fučkan