Ferry and Tulips
7 мая, Нидерланды ⋅ ☀️ 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 springЧитать далее
Straight roads
8 мая, Германия ⋅ ☀️ 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 byЧитать далее
A boatie and manic laughter
9 мая, Германия ⋅ ☁️ 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 farmЧитать далее
Pieter makes it to Denmark
10 мая, Дания ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Lazy morning then on to campsite near Billund. Nice easy Sunday driving with almost no freight on main roads
Big bairn
11 мая, Дания ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
What can I say? It was on the bucket list....
To top of Denmark & beyond
13 мая, Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ 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 мая, Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Or is it Scotland? First rain in a thousand miles. Still, gives van a clean
Asker
14 мая, Норвегия ⋅ 🌧 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 мая, Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Great day looking round Opera House and new library then long lunch out
Norway National Day!
17 мая, Норвегия ⋅ ⛅ 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 мая, Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ 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 forЧитать далее
Beaver country
19 мая, Норвегия ⋅ 🌙 4 °C
Pitch up by river. Found beaver lodge and lots cut down trees
Finally reached a fjord
20 мая, Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Stegastein & Flåm
21 мая, Норвегия ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
Stegastein viewpoint, lunch and beer in Flåm, trip on Flåm railway
Longest road tunnel in the world
22 мая, Норвегия ⋅ 🌧 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 andЧитать далее
Rainy day chillin and a glacier
23 мая, Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ 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 мая, Норвегия ⋅ 🌧 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 withЧитать далее
Путешественник
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 мая, Норвегия ⋅ 🌧 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 2Читать далее
Trollstigen 2
25 мая, Норвегия ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
2 nights by River Lora
26 мая, Норвегия ⋅ ⛅ 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 throughЧитать далее
Moose poo and reindeer moss
27 мая, Норвегия ⋅ 🌬 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 lightЧитать далее
Lillehammer
28 мая, Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Gran
29–31 мая, Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ 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
Путешественник
yup, remember it quite clearly. Being in the sauna then jumping out into the snow
Bit of Oslo culture
1–3 июн., Норвегия ⋅ 🌧 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.
FramЧитать далее
Houseboats & gnarly trees
3 июня, Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Pitch up near Slevik in gravel car park for Mærrapanna nature reserve. Quiet, sheltered, lots interesting flora and fauna, boaties, sea, islands.
ПутешественникYup, me too. But precautions were taken