| Author | Message | ||
     Lars1974 |
hi all, if everything goes according to plan my friend Chris and I will ride out Uly from the UK to the top of Europe - the Nordkapp more than 71 degrees North! see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordkapp I have done some initial planning of the route and it would see us take a freight ferry (DFDS offers spaces & cabins onboard their freight vessels as the original UK to Norway ferry services stopped a couple of years ago...)for one leg of the trip and the return via Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium & France back to the UK. total miles will be about 4000 and we will allow 2 weeks or maybe even 2.5 weeks... We will take tents etc or stay in cheapish cabins which are dotted all along the Arctic Highway here is a map of the proposed routes.  thats it for now. i may head up to meet Chris next week in Scotland - where he lives - to do more detailed planning... Has anyone from here been up there before??? if so please let me know your experience... thx Lars | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
Very cool Lars. Photos, photos, photos or risk a BadWeb sponsored flogging. | ||
| Lars1974 |
no worries, my trusted SLR and the helmet cam would be part of it... last bike trip to scotland i took nearly 1200 pics....so there wont be a shortage of photos... | ||
| Buellerxt |
What a cool trip, Lars. I'd love to be rolling with you, Man! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, and Be Safe! I, too, look forward to pictures and report. Best of luck. Mike | ||
| Pso |
Great Adventure-Lookinging forward to photo's and commentary. | ||
| Lars1974 |
guys, the trip is planned for May 2010...as the roads further north are only open again from the beginning of May... i just thought i start the thread already so that i can update it with the planning details etc... i am already soo looking forward to it too..cant wait! i have been to Arjeplog - Winter Car testing area in the north of Sweden and its great scenery. loads of fun driving on frozen lakes...but thats a different story... check out this site... this is the stuff we are gonna be riding on.... http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Product/?pid=62390 roll on May! Lars  | ||
| Chopped_burban |
I'm jealous. Looks like an awesome trip. | ||
| Surfsofa |
Fantastic Lars. You'll have to tell me more next time we bump into eachother at the H  (SNS from ukbeg here) | ||
| Lars1974 |
the planning will get us a bit closer as i will head up this coming Monday from my home to the west of London to get to Chris's farm just south of Edingburgh.. i will stay with Chris for a few days and we shall do some more detailed planning. i will take picture of the journey up and down and stop at sights like the "Angel of the North" etc... so, keep checking back in... thx Lars | ||
| 88b |
I've worked in the arctic circle in Finland but only doing cold climate testing, so nothing i know will really help ,plus it was a long time ago. I think some friends used DFDS to get to Denmark from harwich last year ,they were not impressed. We went from Harwich to hook of holland when we rode to Hamburg harley days, ferry was operated by Stenna ( again not good ) but you could use that route and ride across Holland into Germany then into Denmark. sounds like an interesting trip, Scandanavia is going to be expensive, but i've no doubt Gordon Brown will have fixed the weak £ by the time you go  | ||
| Bryn1203 |
Hi Lars Young young a mate & I went by train half way up Norway. I remember the amazing scenery and high cost of beer and the impossibility of scoring hashish. Another friend went to Nordkapp. He grew a moustache. It didn't suit him. I think he is still in Denmark - where ginger/blonde mooostaches are legal (at weekends). Don't do it - its not worth it  | ||
| Bryn1203 |
oh oh - Take loads of bear repellent ! and a very big gun. Norwegian bears hate Buells and are very attracted to chubby Brits. They also blame Erik for diverting attention away from their plight. Fekin bears |
