Goodbye to Norway
27/10/2025 Our drive south to Tønsberg was fairly uneventful. It’s only rationale was to get us closer to Larvik where we would take our ferry back to Hirtshals in Denmark…. Read more »
Category: Walking
A Mountain with a Hole
23/10/2025 We’d just had a mega hike but we still needed to find somewhere to spend the night. And I needed to work the next day too, so ideally we… Read more »
A Fort, Two Moose and a Troll Maiden
20/10/2025 We woke at Kvina after a good night’s sleep. We had another day of driving and sight seeing planned as we continued the Helgelands Coastal Trail. Gronsvik Coastal Fort… Read more »
Last Days of the Lofotens
16/10/2025 Our lovely clear day was over and we woke up to more wind and rain. We left our island in the harbour and moved onto another paid parking area… Read more »
Sunny Sunday in Ballstad
13/10/2025 We’d looked at possible stopovers for the next night and Paul found a camper area on a platform in a harbour. At 400 NOK (about £33) it was definitely… Read more »
Lofotr Viking Museum
09/10/2025 As we left Svolvær the weather was slightly improving but forecast to get even worse that night. We didn’t have a plan of where to stay that evening but… Read more »
Shelter from the Storm
06/10/2025 With Storm Amy gathering strength we disembarked from the ferry and made our way to another camper stop. Laukvik Bobilcamp Laukvik is a fishing village on the north coast… Read more »
Straumfjorden
02/10/2025 We were now in October and couldn’t quite believe it. We’d deliberately kept our weather expectations so low for this trip, but it was October and the sun was… Read more »
Around Andøya and onto Stø
29/09/2025 Since landing in Harstad we had been on a group of tightly packed islands close to the north west coast of Norway. The Islands make an interesting shaped archipelago,… Read more »
A Day of Beauty in Møysalen National Park
28/09/2025 After leaving Hardstad our next destination was the tiny Møysalen National Park. It looked as though we were due for a dry day so we were keen to get… Read more »
A Photo Opportunity on Senja
25/09/2025 We abandoned Sommarøy with reluctance, but it seemed like the kind of place best saved for better weather and has been earmarked for a future visit. The ferry to… Read more »
Sherpa Steps and a Glacial Lake in the Lyngen Alps
19/09/2025 It was finally time to take the ferry across the Lyngenfjord. We’d gazed at the dramatic views of the Lyngen Alps a few times and now it was time… Read more »
Mines and Canyons in Birtavarre
18/09/2025 After checking out from the campsite we made our way back towards Olderdalen, though the weather was anything but welcoming — rain and heavy clouds clung to the hills… Read more »
Island Hopping to Kågen
14/09/2025 We drove on via the E6 to do some shopping at Storslet. With cupboards re-filled we set off for our next destination. Island Journey Because this is Norway, a… Read more »
Around Kvænangen fjord
13/09/2025 It felt very strange to be heading south now after such an intensive amount of effort to get north. From our glacier stopover we tracked back to the E6… Read more »
Glacier Spotting in Jøkelfjord
12/09/2025 A short way west of Alta I could see some enticing white patches on google maps. As we’re suckers for a glacier we immediately started to look for options… Read more »
A quick stop in Hammerfest
08/09/2025 Onwards we travelled, westwards towards Hammerfest. It claims to be the northernmost city in Norway, but that seems to be disputed. Mostly because there is no official distinction between… Read more »
All the way to Nordkapp
07/09/2025 I apologise in advance for the rant below. Feel free to skip the first section if pedantry is not for you. There is some more positive content further down… Read more »
The abandoned village of Hamningberg
04/09/2025 Just a few kms north of Vardø, along a 40km stretch of road, lies a small nodule of land facing out into the Barents Sea. This tiny peninsula is… Read more »
Our First Mountain Walk in Norway
29/08/2025 After finishing my work meeting in Narvik we moved just a few kilometres, with a quick interlude at a supermarket, to a parking spot on the E6. It was… Read more »