He is dragging the block (unrequited love). Fear makes the old woman run. The blind leading the blind. The journey is not ended even when church and tower come into view. To pretend that horse droppings are figs.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Netherlandish Proverbs or The Blue Cloak, Detail, (panel; 117 x 163 cm [46 X 64 1/8 in.]), Staatliche Museen, Berlin Signed and dated bottom right: BRVEGEL 1559