On Saturday, August 4th Edwina Mattinson began a cycling journey that starts in Istanbul, Turkey and will end in Beijing, China. Mattinson is cycling a journey created by Tour d’Afrique Ltd., called The Silk Route. Tour d’Afrique is a Toronto, Canada company that creates destination cycling expeditions. In 2004 Mattinson and her husband cycled from Cairo to Cape-Town. “It was a huge confidence booster and made me realize anyone can do anything.”

The cycling journey Mattison is taking now will take 108 days in total and she will cycle 10,000 kilometres. Mattison is raising funds for two organizations: NOVA and Holly’s Room. NOVA offers palliative home care and cancer care and is located in Beaconsfield, Canada. Holly’s Room is a special project that furnishes the Montreal General Hospital’s psychiatry ward. The organization is named after the late Holly Nelson. Nelson was a close friend of Mattinson.

Source: The Chronicle