He turned and looked around the rest of the pier.
He was going to the dead end of the pier.
He went to the end of the pier and sat down.
Be sure to walk out to the end of the pier.
He began to walk toward the figure at the end of the pier.
The figure at the end of the pier had not moved.
For an answer, he turned back toward the end of the pier.
By now he had reached the beginning of the long pier.
There was no one at the land end of the pier.
Then he turned and walked back off the end of the pier.