Homeward bound
17. Juni in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Made it through the horrible motorways to a great spot to watch ships while waiting for ferry time
Amsterdam; the scenery
16. Juni in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
A glorious assault on the senses after weeks of mostly rural vanlife. I loved it.
A wee canal trip where met some fellow Scots and had the most outlandishly hilarious banter.
So much to look atWeiterlesen
Amsterdam; sex, drugs, ducks & street art
14.–16. Juni in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Weed scents wafting everywhere..
Hundreds of wee shops selling all sorts of dubious substances and tat.
Red light district fascinating, as was Red Light Secrets Museum about life of prostitutes.Weiterlesen
Travel fatigue & Van Gogh
13. Juni in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Many uninteresting miles into Nederlands followed by a visit to Kröller Möller Museum near Arnhem where there was also a Van Gogh exhibition. I suppose I should have been wowed but quite frankly,Weiterlesen
Dull dull dull
12. Juni in Deutschland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Rainy day driving through uninspiring landscape on a lot of busy roads.
Pitch up decent though, in an aire in a quaint wee village, Gehrde.
Belsen
11. Juni in Deutschland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Boizenburg
10. Juni in Deutschland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Pitched up between canal and Elbe river. Nice cycling along the dykes
Robots in Lübeck
9. Juni in Deutschland ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Robot waiters? My life is complete.
Otherwise, functional pitch up in shopping centre car park in Lübeck. Handy for cycling in to old town
Gothenburg to Kiel ferry
8. Juni in Deutschland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Lovely warm weather leaving Göteborg but dreich next morning in Kiel. Very calm voyage.
Ages getting on boat so delighted was nearly 1st off, get ahead of crowds....until...bastarding pre pubescentWeiterlesen
Gothenburg
7. Juni in Schweden ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Drove to pitch up via Botanic Gardens which were quite magnificent, apart from discovering a tick burrowing to my bones. That'll teach me to moose hunt. Gothenburg traffic horrible. Pitch up inWeiterlesen
Fjällbacka and Smögen
6. Juni in Schweden ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Climbed Vetteberget in Fjällbacka. Amazing view from top of hunners of wee islands.
On to overnight pitch in car park in Smögen.
Both places very picturesque and obvs come to life big style inWeiterlesen
Forest and moose hunts
5. Juni in Schweden ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Glorious walk a.m. in Tresticklan national park.
Was excited for moose ranch in Ed, but not open till next week. Walked round perimeter a bit and spotted some in distance.
Gloriously peaceful pitch upWeiterlesen
ReisenderI loved the peacefulness of this one. No-one else about. Could have frolicked naked had the notion taken me. Lots of birdies on Merlin over morning cuppa
Sweden!
4. Juni in Schweden ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
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.
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
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
Lillehammer
28. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
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
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
Trollstigen 2
25. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
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
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
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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
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
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
Stegastein & Flåm
21. Mai in Norwegen ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
Stegastein viewpoint, lunch and beer in Flåm, trip on Flåm railway