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 »
Tag: outdoors
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 »
Fjord Scenery on the way to Narvik
28/08/2025 The drive north from our campsite in Rognan was spectacular. This was the point when we really got hit in the eyes with the fjord scenery that Norway is… Read more »
A Riverside Stopover
24/08/2025 After leaving our glacier camping we were wanting to push on a little before stopping for the night. The road took us up through the bleak high moorland of… Read more »
Driving North to Orkanger
20/08/2025 We set off from our campsite heading a few kms on to Oppdal. We’d read that there is good mountain biking in the area. On the way I’d earmarked… Read more »
Spotting Musk Ox at Snøhetta Viewpoint
19/08/2025 Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately – we do have to pay the bills) I am still having to work as we travel. I took a week off initially to allow… Read more »
Via Ferrata Sjoa
17/08/2025 The next point of interest on my map was a via ferrata near Sjoa. We agreed that after two days of mountain biking we would see how our legs… Read more »
Winter Trip 2025 – A Summary
It’s been a while since we got back from our latest European trip. So much so that we’re busy planning our next trip and had completely forgotten to post our… Read more »
A Few Days near Luxembourg City
20/04/2025 After leaving Besançon we had another city in our sights for our journey home. Luxembourg City was to be another foray into Luxembourg for something other than cheap fuel…. Read more »
Not the Waterfalls We Were Looking For
14/04/2025 The day started with a blanket of fog over the lake, it was a strangely blue fog, giving us some hope that it was only a thin layer of… Read more »
The Power of Water in the Cogne Valley
12/04/25 We have visited the Aosta valley so many times, but there are still new things to do even if we stay in the same places. In this blog post… Read more »
Brusson and the Isollaz Waterfall
09/04/2025 From Champoluc we drove just a few kms back down the road to the town of Brusson, a tourism centre further down the Ayas valley. The sosta here is… Read more »
Champoluc. What Season Is It?
07/04/25 This blog entry starts with a final couple of days skiing in Cervinia. We had some lovely fresh snow followed by bright sunshine. Most notably we had pizza from… Read more »
A Weekend in Torgnon
31/03/2025 We drove down to the bottom of the valley and Chatillon for a night to get some washing and shopping done. It’s a regular haunt of ours and I… Read more »
Impianti and other Words
27/03/2025 It has taken us a while, years in fact, to get our heads around the names for the different types of infrastructure that get us around the ski slopes…. Read more »