After drying out from the rain yesterday in a comfy motel in Blind River, the third day of the tour began with grey, foggy, and windy weather.  No rain, but no sun either, and you need to concentrate on the road, with trucks and very little room.  Stopped for lunch in Bruce Mines at Mike […]

Left Tobermory and the wonderful hospitality of Marilyn and Ralph Suke this morning to board the ferry.  Laura Robinson and John Cameron rode to Tobermory and are riding to Manitoulin and Little Current to keep company on the road.  Here’s a picture coming into South Baymouth and Manitoulin: On the trans Canada just outside of […]

The Change the Cycle Tour is on!! There was a great send-off at the Men’s Program in Owen Sound on June 20th.  MP Larry Miller,  MPP Bill Walker and Owen Sound Mayor Deb Haswell, along with co-workers, friends and family all joined in to wish Joachim a great trip.  Under sparkling sun, with a police […]

Right now I am preparing for the tour in a wide range of directions: Making contact with individuals and groups across the country that may be interested in conversations about “Change the Cycle” of violence against women. Finding places to stay. Organize the fundraising dimension of this project. Get my bike in shape. Find and […]