Homeward bound
17 Juni, Belanda ⋅ ☀️ 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, Belanda ⋅ ☀️ 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.
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Amsterdam; sex, drugs, ducks & street art
14–16 Jun, Belanda ⋅ ⛅ 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.Baca selengkapnya
Travel fatigue & Van Gogh
13 Juni, Belanda ⋅ ☁️ 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,Baca selengkapnya
Dull dull dull
12 Juni, Jerman ⋅ ☁️ 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, Jerman ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Boizenburg
10 Juni, Jerman ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Pitched up between canal and Elbe river. Nice cycling along the dykes
Robots in Lübeck
9 Juni, Jerman ⋅ ☁️ 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, Jerman ⋅ ☁️ 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 pubescentBaca selengkapnya
Gothenburg
7 Juni, Swedia ⋅ ☁️ 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 inBaca selengkapnya
Fjällbacka and Smögen
6 Juni, Swedia ⋅ ☀️ 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 inBaca selengkapnya
Forest and moose hunts
5 Juni, Swedia ⋅ ⛅ 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 upBaca selengkapnya
PelancongI 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, Swedia ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Houseboats & gnarly trees
3 Juni, Norway ⋅ ☁️ 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 Jun, Norway ⋅ 🌧 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.
FramBaca selengkapnya
Gran
29–31 Mei, Norway ⋅ ☁️ 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
Pelancong
yup, remember it quite clearly. Being in the sauna then jumping out into the snow
Lillehammer
28 Mei, Norway ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Moose poo and reindeer moss
27 Mei, Norway ⋅ 🌬 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 lightBaca selengkapnya
2 nights by River Lora
26 Mei, Norway ⋅ ⛅ 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 throughBaca selengkapnya
Trollstigen 2
25 Mei, Norway ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
Trollstigen 1
25 Mei, Norway ⋅ 🌧 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 2Baca selengkapnya
Mountain pass, Geiranger, waterfalls
24 Mei, Norway ⋅ 🌧 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 withBaca selengkapnya
Pelancong
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 Mei, Norway ⋅ ☁️ 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 Mei, Norway ⋅ 🌧 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 andBaca selengkapnya
Stegastein & Flåm
21 Mei, Norway ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
Stegastein viewpoint, lunch and beer in Flåm, trip on Flåm railway