Man and furry best friend on colourful cross-Canada trek for a good cause
Global News
Michael is walking across Canada to tell people about deforestation in the highlands of Scotland, where he's from.
Three pairs of boots, countless numbers of socks and a kilt that’s falling apart — that’s been the toll so far on Michael Yellowlees’s journey, walking up to 50 km a day.
“Yeah, he’s got calves like tree trunks now,” laughs his brother, Jamie Yellowlees.
Michael is walking across Canada to tell people about deforestation in the highlands of Scotland, where he’s from.
“If you visit the highlands of Scotland you’ll see the landscape’s quite barren and bare,” he told Global News on a stop Tuesday at the foot of the Galipeault bridge in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
“It’s a bit of a northern hemisphere desert.”
He started his hike seven months ago in Tofino, B.C., arriving Tuesday morning in Sainte-Anne, escorted by two bagpipers.
Michael explained that Scotland has been destroying its trees for generations, resulting in hardly any forests and barely any wildlife.
“We’re trying to bring a bit of life back to Scotland in that regard and revive the ecology there,” he said.
