Talk about a labour of love.

Burlington’s Callum Norris is riding 4,000 kilometres across Canada to honour his late partner, Abbey Maguire, who died from cancer at the age of 27 in March.

The bike trek will also raise money for Abbey’s Foundation ( abbeysfoundation.ca ) that provides annual scholarships for students from Burlington Central High School where she graduated.

Norris, a trained lawyer-turned-account manager at a capital raising firm, had only ever done weekend bike trips before beginning this marathon ride on his own.

“I’m very surprised that my physical ability has been good,” said Norris, 30, speaking from a gas station at the Alberta- Saskatchewan border last week.

“Dealing with the grief of Abbey not being here, I want to celebrate everything I’m doing with Abbey, ha

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