Ferry and Tulips
7. Mai in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Calm Hull Rotterdam crossing. Nice cabin. Staff all Malaysian so services run with Swiss efficiency and a cheery smile.
Dutch roads good but horribly busy, as last time.
Stopped at Keukenhof springWeiterlesen
Straight roads
8. Mai in Deutschland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Hunker down, get some miles in. Long, straight, flat roads. Drove along the Afsluitdijk, a 20mile dyke, protecting a huge area from North Sea flooding. Into Deutschland.
Nice free pitch up byWeiterlesen
A boatie and manic laughter
9. Mai in Deutschland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
More miles across Northern Germany. Avoided Hamburg by taking a ferry across the Elbe further downstream, crossing to Glückstadt ie.Happytown.
Pitched up in car park of Haubarge Inn, really old farmWeiterlesen
Pieter makes it to Denmark
10. Mai in Dänemark ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Lazy morning then on to campsite near Billund. Nice easy Sunday driving with almost no freight on main roads
Big bairn
11. Mai in Dänemark ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
What can I say? It was on the bucket list....
To top of Denmark & beyond
13. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Hours of driving north to Hirshals, visit huge aquarium there and on to the late ferry to Kristiansand, Norway. Midnight arrival...
Norway!
13. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Or is it Scotland? First rain in a thousand miles. Still, gives van a clean
Asker
14. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
Nice to stop driving for a few days. Pitched up next to Al and Siri's in Asker, see what had changed in 25 odd years. Relaxing, good chat
A day in Oslo
16. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Great day looking round Opera House and new library then long lunch out
Norway National Day!
17. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Big day in Norway! Flags out at 7am, in at 9pm. Lots of traditional costumes and festivities. A classic car raleigh, trip out on bikes to lake, shared meal with neighbours
And then there were 4
18. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Heading off on our road trip. Started with Al and Sam, then joined by Al's Norwegian friend, Are, in his motorhome. It's a lot of fun!
Great pitch up on zigzag going up a mountain. Crew joined forWeiterlesen
Beaver country
19. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ 🌙 4 °C
Pitch up by river. Found beaver lodge and lots cut down trees
Finally reached a fjord
20. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Stegastein & Flåm
21. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
Stegastein viewpoint, lunch and beer in Flåm, trip on Flåm railway
Longest road tunnel in the world
22. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Drove through Laerdal tunnel, 15 miles of it. Visit glacier museum. On to Oldevatn campsite where Al and Sam have rented hut and I am parked up alongside.
Atmospheric at moment with rain andWeiterlesen
Rainy day chillin and a glacier
23. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Lovely, cosy cabin to spend a rainy day with a wee bit oot n aboot to check out a glacier
Mountain pass, Geiranger, waterfalls
24. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Parted company with Al and Sam. They were heading south to get Sam's plane. Won't be the same without them. Geiranger fjord was spectacular from a distance but the village itself seething withWeiterlesen
Reisender
Yup. I'm told they are stopping them in some of the fjords and replacing with smaller electric boats. Saw some in Aurlandsfjord gliding quietly by. Much better
Trollstigen 1
25. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
Soooo much fun to drive! There at 7am to be there when quiet. Propped up my phone on a scrunched up t-shirt on dash to video all 9mins 27secs of it. Find Penguins only allows 5mins per footprint, so 2Weiterlesen
Trollstigen 2
25. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
2 nights by River Lora
26. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
Started heading west to Ålesund but weather and forecast so bad that headed east instead. Chilled pitch up by river Lora, up dirt track, between forest and river. Lovely walk to old mill throughWeiterlesen
Moose poo and reindeer moss
27. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ 🌬 6 °C
Oh the excitement of finding moose poo right next to the van.
The reindeer moss (cladonia stellaris, more a lichen than moss, that they eat) carpets whole mountain sides giving them a strange lightWeiterlesen
Lillehammer
28. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Gran
29.–31. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
No not your grandmother...Couple of nights at Al and Siri's family get-away an hour or so north of Oslo. We stayed there in the winter about 26years ago. Great to be back
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yup, remember it quite clearly. Being in the sauna then jumping out into the snow
Bit of Oslo culture
1.–3. Juni in Norwegen ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Car park pitch up near sea in Bygdøy, Oslo. Hard to believe busy roads just stone's throw away. Great for cycling base and evening walks by sea.
Vigeland park sculptures - most diverting.
FramWeiterlesen
Houseboats & gnarly trees
3. Juni in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Pitch up near Slevik in gravel car park for Mærrapanna nature reserve. Quiet, sheltered, lots interesting flora and fauna, boaties, sea, islands.
ReisenderYup, me too. But precautions were taken