North Cape from Jersey - summer 2014

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Well next year I hit the big 50 and have managed to get a 30 (or maybe 40 ) day pass from the missus for a big bike trip.

Been casting ideas around and am settling on a trip up north to North Cape. I will be riding solo and will be on either a Honda C90 or Suzuki FL 125 !! So slow and scenic is the plan

Camping whenever possible (on a budget here !) and not in a real hurry.

So I am now starting to think about routes - basic plan is Jersey, St Malo, through France to Belgium, Holland and onto Denmark. Copenhagen and into Sweden via Malmo.

After that it all goes a little vague ! Trollstigen is on the list as well as Malung in Sweden. And someone posted a photo of the road into Lysebotn in Norway which looks like it is worth a visit. I like the idea of hugging the Norwegian coast and fjords but I suspect that will be slow and ferry costs will quickly add up.

Rough plan is to head north up through Norway, get to North Cape and head back via Finland, (possibly) Russia, the southern Baltic states before Germany/Western Europe and back to Jersey.

I am not too worried about the European travel and am happy I can sort a decent route there. But I really know very little about Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltic States.

Any hints, tips, 'must do's' please ? All comments and advice warmly welcomed !

Thanks in advance !