Big Scandi Adventure 2019

[Silver sprinter]

Keep posting if you can and some pics, thanks

 

[mossypossy]

Gamvik. Poor mans Nordkapp.

Epic drive thru some bleak arctic wastes to get here.
Furthest point you can get north without cheating and using a tunnel to get to an island.

 

[mossypossy]

Bonus

Awoke (5am) to clear blue skies.
By 9 we had a five mile walk.
Will stay another night.

 

[mossypossy]

Midnight Sun....at last

Worth the wait.

 

[barge1914]

Cheapies

With brobiz. £34 for my 8m long 4500 kg lump.
Less than I expected.
Helps pay for Copenhagen campsite.
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There’s a Forest carpark just off Artillerivei as you enter Copenhagen, it’s free. Has a discouraging sign or two but a few vans there and nobody seems to mind.
£22 for 3.5T on Storebælt, we were lucky on the Oresund Bridge, got a free crossing as their electronic payment gubbins was kaput!
Finally arrived in Norway yesterday, feet up now by a branch of the Oslo Fjord at Engersand...and it’s actually stopped raining!!!

 

[jagmanx]

Nice wild spot Near Konsberg

There’s a Forest carpark just off Artillerivei as you enter Copenhagen, it’s free. Has a discouraging sign or two but a few vans there and nobody seems to mind.
£22 for 3.5T on Storebælt, we were lucky on the Oresund Bridge, got a free crossing as their electronic payment gubbins was kaput!
Finally arrived in Norway yesterday, feet up now by a branch of the Oslo Fjord at Engersand...and it’s actually stopped raining!!!

Near the Pikerfoss dam Hydro
Google Maps

 

[Braveheart]

There’s a Forest carpark just off Artillerivei as you enter Copenhagen, it’s free. Has a discouraging sign or two but a few vans there and nobody seems to mind.
£22 for 3.5T on Storebælt, we were lucky on the Oresund Bridge, got a free crossing as their electronic payment gubbins was kaput!
Finally arrived in Norway yesterday, feet up now by a branch of the Oslo Fjord at Engersand...and it’s actually stopped raining!!!

Heading that way. Looks nice! We are still in Denmark at the moment. Sweden tomorrow.

 

[mossypossy]

Coming down

Spot check on traffic as we hit the main north south road.
35 per cent of the traffic was motorhomes.

 

[jagmanx]

Not too surprised

Spot check on traffic as we hit the main north south road.
35 per cent of the traffic was motorhomes.

Aiming for Nordkapp in June.

Our Route in 2016 was North on the E6 etc to Nordkapp
Then via Finland to Haparanda
Then South in Sweden on E45

Time appointments minor hassle has prevented us from having 3.5 months for a "maybe we will go again as ****** is on Hold"

So maybe 2021 for a re-visit re-vamp

Calais to Malmo (Both Bridges)
Malmo to Stockholm then Kiruna
Cross to Narvik
Then as much coast as is sensible to Kongsberg and finally Malmo

EG
Google Maps

The E6 is a minor pain but sometimes it is the only road and indeed there are many really nice bits
So not going to the very North..BUT who knows ?

 

[mossypossy]

Bit on the barren side

Far north is ok, but tbh you can get snowy and barren in Switzerland.....without the rain and cold.
Looking forward to moving beyond early Spring as we go south. It is June!

 

[trevskoda]

Epic drive thru some bleak arctic wastes to get here.
Furthest point you can get north without cheating and using a tunnel to get to an island.
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Hate to say it but someone at night has sneaked up and welded your bikes together. :scared::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::wave:

 

[mossypossy]

Oh yeah

So long since I have looked. Copenhagen was the last time we rode. Must have happened since then. Probably the Sami. Always up to mischief the little tinkers.

 

[mossypossy]

Norway gets good

Helps when the sun comes out.
Saltnes.

 

[jagmanx]

Or Jekelfjord

Helps when the sun comes out.
Saltnes.
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We stayed there in 2016.
Delightful...Look for dolphins in the fjord

 

[mossypossy]

No dolphins

Some Brits parked next to us
Big puddle under their van has appeared.
Making the Brits look like twats.
Pilote reg no. FX18 MYL

 

[mossypossy]

Senja



Loads of Norwegians in these parts.

 

[mid4did]

Looking good so far,some amazing scenery overload
We are planning on doing a trip up there september/october to hopefully catch some northern lights sightings.Anyone been up that way at that time of year,tromso ,Alta ?
This is all dependant on the OH's appointments with her recently discovered eye condition wmd.
We did the trip last may and can't wait to do it again.
I got away with being 6 metres on the ferries except the oresund bridge ! The Tramp is 6.4m.
My route will be germany sweden direct bypassing denmark to finland and over to norway,cutting out nordkaap this time.
No definate route at all
last year we used polarsteps to keep in touch and look back on the route we did.
Polarsteps - Automatic Travel Tracker - Explore. Dream. Discover.

 

[mossypossy]

They do like their caravans

Out of the way campsite, Statvik on Senja, 5 mile dirt road.
Loads of caravanners, some motorhomes.
Thankfully we are on the water at the extreme end.
Yesterday was like a Greek island. This morning less so.

Not sure whether to even attempt the Lofotens as it could be rammed.

 

[mossypossy]

Hamn i Senja

Gorgeous.

 

[barge1914]

Norwegian rain

How many words do Norwegians have for rain? Monday rain, Tuesday rain, Wednesday rain...., breakfast rain, lunch rain, tea rain, high tea rain, supper rain, midnight snack rain, rain in the egg butties!
It’s enough to drive a person to drink...rain in the wallet!!

At the moment near Sand where the beautiful view of the fjord should be framed by two towering cliffs...we have high speed horizontal soggy fog.

Are the gardens being adequately watered back home?