This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. "The hospitality and friendship I've been shown has been breathtaking." "People have been absolutely amazing across Canada by coming out and showing their support and bringing food to the roadside," he said. Looking back, Yellowlees said he will always remember the kindness shown by so many strangers.
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He was planning on spending the next two weeks relaxing in St. Having worn out four pairs of boots, Yellowlees said he was physically exhausted. The mileage we covered every day is minimal for a dog like Luna. There's a shared heritage."Īs for his companion Luna, Yellowlees said the former sled dog took the trip in stride. "People were stopping their cars and I would get in, and they would speak Gaelic to me. "The further east I got, the more at home I was feeling," he said. Some of the descendants of those immigrants still reside in Cape Breton, where Yellowlees was quick to notice the many Gaelic place names. As well, thousands of Highland Scots emigrated to Canada during the Highland Clearances from 1780 to 1860, when farmers were evicted to make way for sheep. The pine forests were cleared long ago for shipbuilding and to fuel the growth of the British Empire, he said. It used to be forested from coast to coast." "It's quite a barren, sad-looking landscape," he said during a break on Saturday afternoon. It's been the kilt the whole way."Īsked why he chose to walk across Canada, he said he wanted to draw attention to this country's vast forests, which stand in stark contrast to the largely treeless Highlands.
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The KM 8000T asphalt hotbox trailer is the perfect unit for larger repairs such as saw cuts, skin patching, and utility cut repairs. "Once you're moving and as long as your core is warm with enough layers, you stay warm enough," he said in an earlier interview. The KM 8000T is a 4-ton, trailer-mounted asphalt hotbox reclaimer capable of maintaining asphalt temperatures for up to 3 days, and it can reclaim excess or bulk-stored hotmix asphalt. The 32-year-old Highlander - who raised more than $60,000 for the Trees for Life charity - wore a kilt every day of the trip, including through snowstorms in the Rockies and the cold rain in Newfoundland. Yellowlees, who is from Dunkeld and Birnam in Scotland, undertook the epic trek to raise money for a conservation group that wants to plant trees in the Scottish Highlands in a bid to revitalize the Caledonian Forest. "It will take a couple of days to sink in." “I’m feeling pretty pumped, but I can’t believe that it's done," he said as he neared the finish line along the coast, where it was a brisk -2 C.
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Michael Yellowlees and his Alaskan husky, Luna, started their journey in Tofino, B.C., nine months ago. A kilt-wearing Scotsman and his dog completed an 8,000-kilometre fundraising walk across Canada on Sunday by striding into an icy breeze atop Cape Spear on the eastern edge of Newfoundland. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.ST. READ MORE: Kilted Scotsman launches walking trek across Canada in B.C. Having worn out four pairs of boots, Yellowlees says he’s physically exhausted, but he’s looking forward to spending the next two weeks relaxing in St. Yellowlees says he chose to walk across Canada to draw attention to this country’s vast forests, which stand in stark contrast to the largely barren Highlands. The 32-year-old Highlander - who has raised more than $60,000 for the Trees for Life charity - wore a kilt every day of the trip, including through snowstorms in the Rockies and icy rain in Newfoundland.
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Michael Yellowlees and his Alaskan husky, Luna, started their journey in Tofino, B.C., nine months ago, and they arrived at Cape Spear, N.L., Sunday afternoon. A kilt-wearing Scotsman and his dog have completed an 8,000-kilometre fundraising walk across Canada.