The Lions on the Road: Cycling from London to Cape Town for Save the Children Fund

David J Fenech’s sense of adventure most likely came from his Maltese parents who immigrated to Toronto on their own as teenagers. He is the middle child of five. As a teenager, Fenech’s early career was in the food and hotel industries. After completing his education at Humber College’s music program as a jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger, he went to ＂find himself＂ by completing his first cycle adventure in 1989 when he cycled 10 European nations in 31/2 months. When he returned to Canada, he worked as a tour guide at the CN Tower but having been bitten by the travel bug on the 1989 tour, decided to move to Europe to work in the service industry: first in London, then in Cornwall. He continued his love of cycling by completing several two-week trips in the Alps and the British countryside. After this 1992-3 Africa tour, Fenech returned to university to obtain a degree in early childhood education during which time, he had an internship in Bangladesh building day centres in the garment factories of Dhaka and training ECE educators in run them. Upon graduation, Fenech moved to Japan to teach English for 3 years. After obtaining his teaching license in Ontario, he presently engages his high school students in world issues and ethical debates. Fenech has always believed in giving back wherever he has lived. He has volunteered in soup kitchens in Toronto and in London England, built homes for low-income families through Habitat for Humanity in Toronto, and for the past 13 years is a volunteer at the Hospital for Sick Children. He spent 2011-12 volunteering in Ethiopia at the Ministry of Education to work with the English language teachers. His enjoyment of travelling has expanded to include mountainous destinations in Japan, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway and the Andes in South and Central American. He still enjoys distance cycling but not as ambitious as before.