6 Comments Todays forecast is wet and wild, so when we woke to blue skies and scorching sunshine we were a tad surprised. We jumped up, popped […]
Yearly archives: 2016
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11 Comments Sorry no posts yesterday but we had some bad news. The prognosis for our friend who was recently diagnosed with cancer is not great. Despite […]
Bad News in Ballstad
9 Comments Not quite feeling myself today folks, so sorry in advance for the short update. We drove back south on the E10 to Fredvang. This stretch […]
The Arctic Road, Like the Atlantic Road but Better.
7 Comments Quite a few people have emailed us to ask about the ferry crossings in Norway, so we put this video together. If you want to […]
Norway Ferry Crossing
7 Comments Who would believe it is mid summer! We said cheerio to Heather and John, a couple of Brits who arrived at the car park last […]
Bird Bombed on Mid Summer’s Day, Hamnoy
8 Comments Welcome to the Lofoten Islands! Yesterday, was a bit of a topsy turvy day as we spent all night awake and all day asleep. Weird […]
Welcome to The Lofoten Islands
15 Comments We had several hours before we boarded the ferry for our midnight sailing to Lofoten Islands. We had full intensions of putting our feet up […]
Sailing in to the Midnight Sun
8 Comments At about 2am some goof ball decided to donut rings on the carpark, does he not know we are off to the Arctic Circle tomorrow […]
66ºN – The Arctic Circle, We Made It!
7 Comments Today, it never stopped raining and the low grey clouds completed blocked the view of the high peaks on this remote road. It feels like […]
The Remote Road to The Arctic Circle
6 Comments A chat with a our Yorkshire neighbours about venturing in to the Arctic Circle before packing up and setting off. Where we have idea, as […]
Moving North towards The Arctic Circle
4 Comments The fjords where we have spent the last few weeks seem a distant memory. We are only a smidgen further North but everything feels so […]
A Trudge to Trondheim
2 Comments This mornings grey, dull sky were a complete contrast to last nights sunset. What a day to be grey! The highlight of today, is the […]
The Atlantic Road to Kristiansund
3 Comments A double write up today as last night we didn’t have any internet and instead we had a beautiful midnight sunset. Groundhog Day, Molde In […]
Groundhog Day to Midnight Sunset
6 Comments Today, our journey takes us along route 63 from Geiranger to Andalsnes often referred to as Norway’s Golden Drive. Our first challenge, Eagles Road which […]
The Golden Drive to Troll Wall
6 Comments After a few days in paradise I do not want to move. I want to collect some stones, chop some trees and get Craig to […]
The Highest Fjord Road in the World, Dalsnibba
3 Comments All night long the waterfall keeps up a light roar with the occasional loud clap as more snow slips off the mountain and increases […]
Thunder Falls, Briksdal
12 Comments We opened the door to blazing sunshine and the smell of wood smoke. Not sure if someone is enjoying an open campfire or the smell […]
This Glacier is Mint
Briksdal Glacier Visit Briksdal Glacier largest European Glacier set amongst roaring waterfalls and high peaks. If you wish to understand the creation of the fjords, you should […]
Briksdal Glacier Largest European Glacier
4 Comments At about 3am an influx of seagulls descended on Vin and used him as a platform to eat their morning catch. Scurrying around, squawking and […]
Setting Up Camp at the Base of Briksdal Glacier
6 Comments The air was a little tense in camp, I feel a storm brewing, so after breakfast we cracked on in solitude preparing Vin for take […]
A Long Day, Olden
4 Comments Our main energy source is solar and we very rarely plug in to the grid. As a rule of thumb this provides enough energy to […]
Mobile Power Banks on Test
4 Comments Our journey started with a ferry ride across the Sognefjord to Dragsvik. The short crossing over the longest and deepest fjord was one of the […]
The Big Dipper ride to Lake Jolster
4 Comments Its funny when we arrived in Norway, I thought we would be cut off from the world as we ventured further inland. But rather than […]
The Rise & Fall to Sognefjord
20 Comments Our Bumble Website is now 2 months old! We are starting to receive lots of encouraging emails and messages from like minded people about our site and our […]