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Midsummer
With the exception of my sister’s birthday, midsummer has never meant much more to me than shortening days, or shortening days and birthday cake if you include my sister’s birthday. But in Sweden, and all of Scandinavia, midsummer is a big occasion - the most celebrated day of the year, after Christmas and the day […]
Back with Bish
I didn’t want to, but I left the ferry in Harstad, leaving a trail of wet footprints (I accept no blame - reception denied my request to borrow a towel). My trip back to Jokkmokk was supposed to be easy, but having been sold a ticket, I was told by the conductor that bikes were […]
Nordkapp
To remind you, previously, I had left Bish behind, heading to Jokkmokk. From there I planned to cycle 500 miles to Nordkapp in 4 days although really I wanted to do it in 3.
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I left Jokkmokk at 12:45 in the morning on the 9th June, I had meant to leave 45 minutes earlier, I had […]
Arm wrestling in the back end of beyond; but I haven’t had my Weetabix!
The day after I saw John off towards Nordkapp (on Thursday 6th June), once I had said my thanks and goodbyes to the owners of Storuman campsite, who had very nicely let me pitch my tent for free, I was ready to leave towards Jokkmokk. But as I was riding through the town I could see […]
North
Well, I said things were going to change and lie I didn’t.
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Bish and I pushed our pace from Ostersund, including a 100 mile night ride towards a town called Storuman. Storuman was the last time I saw Tom.
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We had talked about going up to Nordkapp (if you’re looking for it on a map now, look further […]
A day in the life/saddle
Yesterday, our odometers told us that we had reached 1000 miles. We were extremely happy to hit a landmark and celebrated with something looking like a bottle of champagne (costing 2 pounds). But, on reflection, we realised 1000 miles in 6 weeks isn’t exactly speedy and so I decided to make an account of a typical day to see […]
How to get the best out of your beer
On our journey we have had a number of memorable beers including the 2 huge bottles of pilsner we were most generously given in Geilo in Norway after riding through the freezing blizzards of the Hardanger plateau. The key factor in our enjoyment of this beer was that it was earned. Since then we have […]