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Photo by Alessio Corradini, on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, of two locals

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Photo by Alessio Corradini,
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Norway is a scenic country... Oslo a scenic town.... ;-)
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You might find the following websites useful?!?!

Camping in denmark (I stayed in Ballum, Silkeborg and north of Copenhagen)...Map of approved campsites in Denmark

Then there's Sweden....
Camping and cottages in Sweden - Your guide to Sweden - Camping.se - SCR

and finally Norway

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For huts/cabins, it's often to call in the morning to reserve, otherwise they can fill up......some have running water, some don't, ditto cooking facilities
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The 711 is fine for touring. If you cut the card cover off and protect the creases with selotape it is quite sturdy. You will be able to make a new map fold where you want it to so you'll be able to get it in your tankbag pocket.
I use an Ortleib A3 document pouch (100% waterproof) and put the Freytag & Berndt ring bound map in there and strap it on top of my tankbag. The lower latitudes are in 1:250,000 and the more northerly parts are in 1:400,000. This is a superb map for the little roads. I still use the 711 though for covering distance as you soon run off the page on the large scale map. If you can afford it (£20) I'd get the big one. ISBN: 3-7079-0424-5 for planning even if you don't take it with you.
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No probs, only took five minutes.

Just a thought, but if you have a scanner, why not copy a foldup map onto your computer and then print out the bits you need onto sheets of A4, then it won't matter if they get scrunged up in a tank bag and you can bin them when you've finished with them? Plus foldup maps tend to be cheaper than spirals.

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I've tried that, a few years ago - I think it was 1200 x 600 dpi - and the quality was not great; not good enough to carry on doing it.

So, I stuff the maps into the tankbag top, usually folded up and out of the way because I scribble a quick "roadbook" for each day onto post-its and use these to navigate (until they blow off the windscreen, on occasions!) - it works, most of the time, and you get a better appreciation of the maps, the detail they can reveal, and the country that you are passing through.

Yes, I have also scrunchted up the maps into a new folded shape (and there is sellotape on many of the orginal folds) and shoved them into the bag - handy sometimes for a quick check without dismounting - the maps are covered in high-lighter pen markings as well; places on interest en route etc.
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FJR - Many thanks for your offer, I will be meeting with the two other chaps sometime in the next few weeks so will then know exactly where we will be going and for how long?

We fancied Stockholm purely for a couple of nights, a few s see if the locals are interested in having a dance etc!
We will definately want some nice scenic roads with nice campsites to sit and chill, over a few s and good food so, I am sure the others will be more than happy to explore as much as we can in two weeks!

Again thanks a lot for everyones helpful comments

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see if the locals are interested in having a dance etc!

When the Vikings came raping and pillaging etc (nice work if you can get it) in England years ago, their last act was to grab the women and head back to those Viking longboats for the big row back over the North Sea.

On the way back, with time to spare, they were able to grade the women and select the ones they wanted to keep; those who were not up to standard were chucked over the side to make their own way back to England - hence, to this day, Scandinavians refer to UK women as "Swimmers" - the ones they threw back!!

That's how all the good-lookers ended up in the north of course.
(This chatup line works every time).
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When the Vikings came raping and pillaging etc (nice work if you can get it) in England years ago, their last act was to grab the women and head back to those Viking longboats for the big row back over the North Sea.

On the way back, with time to spare, they were able to grade the women and select the ones they wanted to keep; those who were not up to standard were chucked over the side to make their own way back to England - hence, to this day, Scandinavians refer to UK women as "Swimmers" - the ones they threw back!!

That's how all the good-lookers ended up in the north of course.
(This chatup line works every time).
Is that why to my (limited) knowledge and from photos I have seen, many Swedish woman are absolutely stunning?
Do they find the Englishman attractive though? Or do they just take a look at the standards at football matches and the likes walking the streets and assume we are all lager drinking, pub brawl, tatooed thugs!!
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Sorry, the Swedish vikings went eastwards, to Russia. The Norwegian vikings where the ones who plundered the British isles.
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Sorry, the Swedish vikings went eastwards, to Russia. The Norwegian vikings where the ones who plundered the British isles.
Oh right!
Still there are a lot of stunning Swedish woman either way!
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Right, time to re-light this thread!

The route 'plan' is through Copenhagen & into Sweden. Head up the west coast of Sweden and around Lake vanern.
Then head into Norway to Oslo and spend a few days in the capital. The idea then is to head down through Norway to find some decent mountain roads and eventually end up in kristiansand for the Kristiansand - Hirtshalls ferry!

Cant wait 3 weeks left now!

Anyhow we do have a slight problem, I booked the ferry with 'Colorline' on Tuesday and despite calling Norway 3 times and emailing them 3 times I am yet to receive my booking confirmation and receipt.

From speaking with others, Colorline have always proved very goo but as far as I can see they are bloody terrible!

Has anyone else had any difficulties with them? Any idea how to get what I need from them?


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