Home today after an unremarkable ride through northern Germany in the wind and rain yesterday and a very choppy overnight ferry crossing.
6,700 miles. 6 weeks 2 days. 11 countries plus the UK. 5 currencies. 10 (I think) ferries, 5 nights in Huts, 3 in hotels, 36 in tent, 2 Moose, Countless Reindeer, lots of eagles and sea eagles, 1 Santa Claus (seriously, we met bloke on a Guzzi V50 on the Hull ferry who works as SC at the North Pole resort in Finland), 1 mention on a Romanian Radio station, 1 small keeping the bike vertical incident
, countless tunnels, a million mozzie bites each (actually they weren't too bad - Latvia was worst, too cold further north still), lowest temperature +4c/Highest +29c, 1week North of the Arctic Circle, a billion hairpin bends.
Plus a fair bit of attrition: 1.75 rear tyres. 0.75 front tyres. 1 broken tent pole. 2 broken Exped sleeping mats. 2 Sena headsets gone iffy. 2 split side bags on the bike. 2 torn and damaged Goretex balaclavas, 1 broken picnic set, 1 leaky Klim suit plus all the other wear and tear of an extended camping trip.
A couple of items still to wend through the Euro banking system but total cost all in including all ferries, insurances, one rear tyre and one new mat around £3500. From Norway onwards it got bloody expensive.
I cant remember where I got up to with pics, but a few more from Norway cant harm....
Around every corner are views like this. Honestly this was nothing remarkable but just happened to be where we stopped briefly. It becomes a problem deciding which views to photograph - meaning we photographed very few.
Anne attempting to warm up by jogging around the lay-by. I got told to F-off as this photo was taken.
One of the countless tunnels - with roadworks going on inside - hence the low speed. Otherwise you just through at whatever the limit is _ which is always low in Norway.
I cant remember the name of the town but its at the eastern end of the Lofoten Islands and is a pretty but touristy honeypot.
More Lofoten Islands
Village of Reine next to where we were camping at Moskenes.
Lots and Lots of bridges like these. (just to keep Lowflyer happy)
Leaving Lofoten
An impressive Waterfall/Rapids in Northern Norway. I cant remember what its called but its huge.
And a couple of Anne
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