Some reviewers from the national press, too often reluctant to leave the metropolis, trekked westwards to view this 'provincial' offering.
It is a line that says he mourned the fact there were "none to cry halt while the world trekked back from progress".
The world's media have trekked to our doorstep and, if headlines are anything to go by, most had an instant scapegoat.
This is one of the hardest pulls since we have trekked... all we can do is to slog on with the greatest possible speed.
With four dogs they trekked southward, increasingly afflicted by frostbite, snow blindness and, eventually, scurvy.
Embarking on a rubber craft, they trekked across the separating passage.
Supercell development continued throughout the day and trekked eastward.
They trekked upstream for almost a month, weakened due to lack of good food.
