Crossing Life by bike, foot, boat… always with Heart & Courage
Between dream and reality… By dint of contemplating the sea, one day you end up taking it. As you know, I had to cross from Newfoundland to Nova Scotia and I managed to do it by sailboat… Wow, the dream! A dream that I had been dreaming about for at least fifteen years. And now …
Arrival at the right place. To leave again… “The boat that is held in port does not learn to sail.” My last few days on Newfoundland and its coasts were quite an epic! Rejected on the mainland by the big commercial ferries, I had to find another way to leave the wonderful island to reach …
From coast to coast… My challenge was to cross Canada from coast to coast on my trusty bike… Well, it’s done ! But it’s not over yet !… Here is the story (mostly in pictures) of the last weeks of peregrinations in Newfoundland. Friday 30th July. From Eastport to Dildo, 212 kilometres. After a few …
I am tired. And I’m hungry. Lines everywhere… Natural, manufactured, organic, like paths traced more or less ephemeral, to be left behind, to be followed to the end or not, to be cared for in order to better harvest… Like life itineraries that one must leave, that one wishes to accomplish or that one can …
Visit to an island at the end of the world… Fogo. “I found my treasure island. I found it in my inner world, in my meetings…” – Hugo Pratt I have a few dis-eases to confide in you…
Sleeping on a new island. Before bedtime, a short video. Before continuing my journey to Fogo Island, I was attracted by ‘the New World Island’ ! How could I resist the novelty ! And I did well to make this diversions by going north, I discovered Twillingate and a park with an evocative name: the …
Can you get lost on an island? Who is on an island… After my ride in the Gros Morne park, I realize when I get my bike back that I have almost no brakes left ! The only bike shop in this area, before the big city of St-John’s, is 115 km away. Luckily, a …
Hiking in Gros Morne National Park. A bit of hiking, it’s a change from the pedal ! Shortly after my arrival on the island, on a beautiful day, I had the opportunity to hike the Gros Morne National Park. I love the mountains as much as the road and this place was a longstanding wish …
Here I am at last ! Newfoundland ! The New Promised Land ! Since 2019, I have been dreaming of coming back… I arrived on a rainy Friday night; I put my tent in a small park in the port of my arrival, the village of Sainte-Barbe, the north-western gateway to the Newfoundland peninsula. And …