Tromso to Helsinki

Miles: 859 Total Mileage: 4039 Reindeer sightings: 20 Mosquito bites: innumerable Herb plants lost: 2 Caterpillars forcibly removed from the van: 2 Vague route: Tromso Ropinsalmi – Finland (quite possibly the world’s largest Mosquito breeding ground) 67.06′ N, 24.02′ E – near Sammalvaara Räihänselka – Lake Keitele Helsinki So it took us twenty days to […]

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Lofoten Islands to Tromso

Miles: 386 (not including ferries) Total mileage: 3180 Fish Harry caught: 7 Fish Susannah caught: 1 (too small to keep) Sea Eagle sightings: 1 Puffin sightings: 3 Vague route: Sørvågen Fredvang Svolvaer Stave Tromso The Lofoten Islands are an absolute treat. You loose all sense of your direction and personal compass because of the mass […]

The Slow Road to the North

Miles: 546 (not including ferry crossings) Total mileage: 2794 Ferries taken: 9 Dolphin sightings: 2 Sea otter sightings: 1 Vague route: Halsa Äsen Hoydalsbukt Andalsvågen 66.28′ N, 13.26′ E (Nesna) Holandsfjord Bodo They call it the slow road for a reason, the Fv17 or Kystriksveien, and it could take you half the time if you […]

Bergen to the Atlantic Ocean Road

Miles: 396 Total mileage: 2248 Weasel sightings: 1 Fish caught: 1 (Pollock) Wing mirrors smashed: 1 Highest altitude: 4750 ft Vague Route Bergen Somewhere on the Fv55 in Jotunheimen National Park Geiranger Farstadssanden This is the first section of our route taking us to the beginning of ‘the slow road to the North’, the Kystriksveien, or […]

Copenhagen to Bergen

Days: 5 Miles: 883 Total mileage: 1852 Moose sightings: 1 Deer sightings: 2 Weasel sightings: 1 Vague route: Copenhagen – over the Øresund Bridge to Malmö, Sweden Tvetervann lake (Norway) Oslo Flatsjå fjord Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) Bergen For those familiar with ‘The Bridge’, the Scandinavian television murder mystery, I paid homage to the show by […]

#ProjectVanLife

Why do people live in vans? The reasons that come to my mind first are vaguely the same as those that pop up on Google after a quick search: freedom, simplicity, to save money, to travel, and pure enjoyment. Why do I live in van? Well, mainly to travel, to be with my boyfriend and […]

Tewkesbury to Copenhagen

Days: 9 Miles: 969 Hitch hikers: 1, Jim ‘Melonsmasher’ Edwards 60 amp fuses broken: 2 Stroopwafels consumed: too many to count Vague route: Tewkesbury to London, UK Harwich ferry crossing to Rotterdam, Holland Westzaan, Amsterdam, Holland Fedderwardsiel, Germany Hamburg, Germnay Ronaes Strand, Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark Holland – Our pal Jimmy, who we worked with on […]

Van Conversion: Weeks 9 and 10

And were outta here!!! We are currently waiting in the local tyre shop to get a new car battery and then out onto the open road, the dusty highway. The last two weeks have been full steam ahead with the final adjustments. The V5C arrived back at HQ far sooner than we had expected. We […]

Why!!

For someone who doesn’t like reading it’s strange that I actually really enjoy writing. Technically I am not the best but I will try. Full disclosures now, if you hate bad punctuation and grammar, do not bother reading this. Most people love adventure if you do I think you will enjoy following Susannah and […]