Crossing Canada for Children

This Labour Day, while biking around the city, I stopped in at HTO park where I met Bertrand Lemeunier, a cyclist passing through Toronto on a cross Canada trip. He was relaxing on one of the teletubby hills with a conspicuously loaded bicycle.

Bertrand Lemeunier

Bertrand is doing the full edition, cycling from St. John's to Vancouver, plus side trips along the way. This means he'll complete the trip at the end of the year, by his estimate. Being full of good news, I pointed out that he'll probably be facing some winter weather and a head wind. (Just call me if you need a pep talk.) He was unfazed. He was already aware of the Viking Biker, and had, in fact, stayed at the same place as him when they crossed paths in the Maritimes. "You just have to wear the right clothing," he said casually.

A photographer from Lyon, France, Bertrand is using his skills to raise money for a Canadian charity while he crosses the country. Thus far, he has brought in $5797 for the Children's Wish Foundation through donations. Bertrand is also donating the larger part of the sale of his photographs. Plenty of information is available on his site, Enfants O Canada, in French and English.