12 Comments We said cheerio to Jenny & Creighton as they headed to Vaasa. Five minutes later and we too were heading South. We planned on covering […]
Monthly archives: July 2016
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3 Comments Wednesday 27 July Intoxicating Air Guitars, Oulu The one thing that strikes you about Finland, is the lack of traffic. Today, we drove for several […]
Oulu & Swimming in the Baltic, Kalajoki
5 Comments Kemi, situated in Sea Lapland, in the centre of the Bothnian Arc. The sheltered Kemi Guest Marina is located at a beautiful spot, just a […]
Sometimes ‘Just Enough’ is Perfect, Kemi
2 Comments What the blinking heck was that? We jumped out of bed just at the next roar of thunder bounced above us. As we jumped out, […]
Santa’s Magic Missing from Artikum Museum
6 Comments The nightless nights are sadly coming to an end, as today we crossed the Arctic Circle marker, the southernmost line at which the midnight sun […]
Heat Wave in Santa Land & The End of Nightless ...
2 Comments The Bumble crew were up and off before the mosquitos could catch us. Either that or a Lidl looms! A Lidl, I hear you say, yep […]
Sleeping in the Land of Bears, Wolves & Squirrels, Vikajarvi
8 Comments Thursday 21 July We woke to beautiful sunshine and a nice warm motorhome. Craig was up and feeling giddy with the prospect of sunshine, he […]
South To The Last Wilderness in Europe, Finland
20 Comments We arrived at North Cape (Nordkapp) last night. The weather was perfect and the sky was awesome, so we thought what the hell, lets go […]
Midnight Sun at North Cape & Last Night in the ...
18 Comments I woke with excitement. Today, we are heading to Europe’s most northerly point, a place that’s been on the bucket list for donkey’s years. But […]
Probably 1st Dachshund Twins to Hike to Europe’s most Northerly ...
8 Comments Despite the driving rain and gusty winds the tour buses arrived at the museum. Like little lemmings the tourists stepped off the bus to a […]
Dinner Party in the Arctic Cirlce
9 Comments Our motorhome is on a headland. Nothing remarkable about this except that the Arctic Sea bay attracts a number of keen fishermen. All morning little […]
Free Fish Shame about the Chips
26 Comments It is mid summer in Norway and the temperatures hovers around 16 celsius (60f). Not bad for the arctic circle especially given we are only […]
Mid Summer Reunion in The Arctic Circle
10 Comments Touring Europe Motorhome All motorhome and campers want to improve their mileage and keep fuel costs to a minimum. Fuel prices are constantly changing and […]
Keeping Fuel Costs to a Minimum
11 Comments When i was parked at Alta museum i spotted another English van but know one around, when I drove into Alta I saw the same […]
Now the waiting game.
3 Comments Well I needed some internet access to send Joanne some files and to upload the past few days blog entries, so I decided to move […]
Turpitz Museum to Alta Museum
8 Comments I woke up early as the seagulls never relented. The clouds are still covering the mountains and today it’s northwards again. I’ll be leaving the […]
Bored in a Bay with Fish Bones!
4 Comments I awoke to the sound of more rain. The tide was out and the photo opportunity never came around, sorry folks. Time to move northwards […]
Clouds, clouds & more clouds, Oh & Baby Rudolph too.
Well after an uneventful evening me and the dudes set off again, I think the dogs are missing their mum a little especially Mac. He […]
A Jurassic Landscape.
2 Comments With Vin all repaired the journey continues, so up bright and early, jobs list for today, top up the water, empty the loo and waste etc, […]
The Journey Continues towards Alta
Well the jobs done (fingers crossed anyway) Vin finally left the garage along with a big bill, just under 25,000 Nok and a much thinner […]
Cough up the Krone
8 Comments Well we are still in Harstad, Norway. Well at least one of us is anyway. We were up early and at the Mercedes dealers located […]
Nok, Nok, an empty wallet is coming.
7 Comments Within a few miles of our parking spot is the Trondenes museum and Sagas walk. Along the walk, a Soviet prisoner of war camp, which we had never heard of.
A Walk Through the Sagas, Trondenes
8 Comments We were up before daybreak and by the fact it never gets dark here, that could be anytime! All we know it was nice and […]