Grane

340km 🚗

After I posted my update last night I got chatting to the lone motorcyclist - Bernie from Switzerland. 31yrs old and 20,000km on his bike. He approached me, curious that I was managing to sleep in my car 😁

He kindly offered me a tot of homemade herbal schnapps from his town of Wel (pronounced Ville). We chatted till the sun went down 😆

It is hard to sleep when it is still so light, so I was very glad to not wake up until 9am this morning. A quick pebble hunt before coffee and time to hit the E6 North again ☕

There are so many places that look worth exploring on this trip, but I didn't think twice about driving on past Hell this morning 😈

Later on I was fooled into stopping at a Toyota garage, thinking it was a petrol station - which it was, but no kiosk, just card payments at the fuel pump. I think it was a message from my 2009 Harris the Yaris at home.... DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME 👻

Pit stop alongside the road instead, with water and trees and a Scottish couple on a motorbike. It becomes second nature to check out which countries are represented 🤓 - chatted to them, also away for a month and heading all the way to Nordkapp, waaay North 🎅

For me reaching Nord Norge was very significant - the start of the Northern part of Norway and I had a phone call with Monja in Bodø, she's all set for me to arrive Friday afternoon 🥰 🇳🇴

Soon after that I slowed, thinking I could see a person walking alongside the road - facing oncoming traffic.... Nope it was a reindeer, just ambling along Southward 🦌😱

In the small town of Trofors Dixie's was recommended for a very tasty kebab and I was very glad of it - this driving all day is quite wearing on my brain: speed limits frequently vary and the road can be narrower at times 🫣

Last stop of the day has been the very dramatic Laksforsen waterfall, where I found a Czech motorhome had beaten me to it 😆

A womble along the road, away from all the tourists I found a lovely quiet spot to put my head down 🥱😴💤Read more