Before we came to Norway we had put the country’s highest mountain, Galdhoppigen, on our to do list. But at over 2,400 meters it’s not a straightforward undertaking. After discovering that the official climbing season had officially closed and not being able to verify if we could get access to the route, we were worried …
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The road to Lom and Sognefjellet
From Lærdalsfjordet we took a short ferry trip, between two tunnels, which then took us to Kaupanger. We made an impromptu stop here to visit the stave church. These are churches made mainly of wooden boards, but often with ornate carvings on the corners. We were going to miss out on seeing the most famous …
Trolltunga (the troll tongue)
Our longest stop of our tour so far has been at Odda (three nights in total). This was to give ourselves a couple of days to get the best weather for the hike to Trolltunga (one of Norway’s most scenic viewpoints but also a bit more difficult access than most). The town of Odda, which …
Chasing Waterfalls (Fosser)
After our misty trip up to pulpit rock, we drove into the night looking for a spot to camp off grid. Unfortunately the Norwegian law allowing this also stipulates that you must be off the road and more than 150 meters from any home. Despite being quite a sparsely populated country, this was quite hard …
Preaching into the mist
Our campsite in Stavanger was in a really great location. So great in fact we almost wish we had stayed a bit longer. It was right next to a huge open air swimming pool, which was very modern and completely spotless and apparently only a short drive from some of Norway’s best beaches. But unfortunately …
No way! We made it to Norway 🇳🇴
After a night in the slightly dodgy surroundings of the bus stop car park on the edge of a small town near Kristiansand, we were ready for the Norway part of our trip to begin. In the morning we drove past the southern tip of the country to Flekkefjord and the town of the same …
Dunes of the Danes
Following a wet day the day before it seemed strange to be heading to sand dunes the following day, but that is exactly what we did. But first we headed into Skagen to do a bit of shopping and get a better feel for the town. It’s a charming town full of wooden board houses, …
Victoria, Vancouver and a Canada round up
We arrived in Victoria (the capital of British Columbia, despite being significantly smaller than Vancouver) at about 16:00 and donated our tent to the Salvation Army (who seemed a little too pleased to be receiving a wet, dirty tent, that probably couldn’t survive a moderate gust or 30 minutes of steady rain). We then checked …
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The Okanagan Valley and Route 99
When Gareth had visited Canada with his family back in 2003, they had stayed with a very lovely family, “The Young Ones”, who had been friends of Gareth’s parents when they came over to teach in Canada for a year in the mid-80s. So it was only fitting for us to pop in and say …
The Rockies Part 2: The Icefield Parkway, Jasper and Hinton
The 227km road linking Banff to Jasper is known as The Icefields Parkway and is one of the world’s most magnificent drives; and we were about to find out why. There are soooo many places to stop on route that it would have probably taken our entire Canadian trip to explore all of them; mountains, …
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Claire and Gareth go travelling! 