Lad Finds Wallet On The Street, Takes It For A 1300 Mile Trip Before Returning It

When you lose your wallet, it feels like your life is empty. It's like when you run out of data on your phone and you're effectively just carrying a brick around with you. Basically, it sucks.

However, every now and again, your wallet is found by a decent person. Someone who won't take money out for themselves, someone who understands the pain you're going through and who just wants to restore a little bit of your faith back into humanity.

Royal Navy aircraft engineer Matthew Dunn found a wallet on the street while touring in Amsterdam with the Royal Navy Black Cats.

He opened it up to discover that inside there was £450 in cash, credit cards and a driver's licence. Clearly, he had to get it back.

Most people would take it to the police station and leave it, but he thought he'd take the more personal approach of posting it once back on British soil.

But wait... he was on tour. So, he thought he'd take the wallet to see the world's sights before returning it. Because... well. Why not?!

He told Metro: "If you lose your wallet, it's one of the worst feelings in the world; your life is inside it.

"Because the owner was UK-based and it had his address on the driving licence, we thought we might as well take it back to the UK with us and post it."

They even gave the wallet the nickname of 'Wally'. I'm guessing it's a play on the word 'wallet' and a bit like 'Where's Wally?' Clever. I like it.

Owner of said wallet, Roy Somers, said: "A week after I got back, Matt got in contact saying he had my wallet. I thought it was really nice he'd taken the time to let me know.

"I had a great holiday but I think, bizarrely, my wallet had an even better time. Who would have thought they'd take it on a Chinook?"

Summing up, Matt said: "I just wanted to give Roy a bit of a giggle and show there are still some people in the world that are a little bit nice.

"Being part of the Forces you do try to do good things for people and, maybe one day, he'll come and watch one of our air shows, knowing his wallet is an honorary member."

What an awesome group of lads.

Words by Mel Ramsay

Featured image credit: Caters News

Topics: Awesome

Mel Ramsay

Mel Ramsay has been a Senior Journalist for Tyla and LADbible since 2015. She started her career writing obituaries and funeral guides online. Since then, her work has been published in a wide variety of national and local news sites. She is part of the BBC's Generation project and has spoken about young people, politics and mental health on television, radio and online. Contact her - [email protected]

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