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tourman

1 Oct 2008 21:20

Smyril Line

Sorry it should be Smyril Line.

medwards

1 Oct 2008 21:53

Damn those are good prices.

I've just looked at the website though and they no longer list Scotland/Norway as a route - only Denmark/Norway. Although I could do Scotland/Iceland ... hmmmm... now there's a thought.

Shame though - their prices are bloody good.

... although I guess giving them a call wouldn't hurt all the same ...

uk_vette

2 Oct 2008 19:09

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Originally Posted by pockey (Post 208723)

Thanks guys for all the advice and yes the more the merrier, as to two weeks that is not set in stone, if you say three weeks is a better choice then three weeks it is the last thing i want to do is rush the trip, oh yes i also want to go down to spain for the HUMM maybe we can combine the two together i dont know if you can take that much time off in one go not a problem for me that would be actually quite wicked.
the norway trip is the start of my attempt to ride around the world over 4 yrs 2010 i will be going down west coast africa and then 2011-2012 down canada, america and south america, so i do not want to rush want to take as many things in as i can.
Kiwi cj were abouts do you live maybe we can get together and plan a route pm me if you get a chance cheers.
Uk vette that would be great meeting up with you in oslo would be great to have someone with a bit of local knowledge and who can speak the dialect

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It would be great to have you.
I keep meaning to catch up with Iduhu, he is very active on the forum, and he only lives 20 miles to the south of me.

I could suggest you look at :

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...ape-town-33834

Peter and his better half, in his Hilux, myself and the other half, in our Land Cruiser, and probably others are planning UK to cape Town September 2010.

Have a read,

graham

uk_vette

2 Oct 2008 19:19

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Originally Posted by adventure950 (Post 208964)

Pockey ride around where? if your talking of crossing the chunnel then its a long way up to Norway so you will have to add on quite a bit of time / food / fuel and no doubt other costs. In my opinion if you can get the ferry to nearer your destination it will save you a lot of tedious autobahns/motorways etc. By the way another route to consider from central europe is up to copenhagen via the 30 minute ferry from Northern germany to Denmarks Islands - then a ferry to Oslo from Copenhagen or over the bridge into Sweden and up the west coast into Norway by Oslo - but this means you will end up on the east side of Norway and may elect to go on the E6 to make up some miles - (Big mistake) make sure you cut over and up through the fjords otherwise your missing the very essence of Norway.

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Well said Jake,

The bridge / tunnel from Copenhagen to Malmo then scoot up the east side of Oslo fjord to Oslo.

It will really be a long haul to "channel tunnel" it, and then drive from Calais up to Copenhagen.
There again, depends on your time available.
Might be easier to ferry to Esjberg, then ride.

pockey

2 Oct 2008 19:33

london cape town

Peter and his better half, in his Hilux, myself and the other half, in our Land Cruiser, and probably others are planning UK to cape Town September 2010.

Hi Graham

I was thinking of travelling with you guys but to do that trip in 5-6 weeks i think is way too fast i was thinking of taking 2-3 months if not longer no time scale at all as to how long i take i get there when i get there.

look forward to catching up with you anyway

cheers

Mike

uk_vette

2 Oct 2008 21:46

Hi Mike,

I think 6 weeks is expecting a bit much, and when the road is hit, it might end up taking 8 weeks or so.

I don't know.
I don't want to go crazy horse, just blasting through.

It seems that 25% of the trip could be spent getting the paperwork, and getting out of one country into the next.

You can throw your tyre and some fuel on the Land Cruiser if you like.

Graham

jcbmw

6 Oct 2008 13:54

nordkapp

I'm also going to Nordkapp in 2009, starting in Belgium half May and back 4 weeks later. I take the ferry in Kiel,Germany to Goteborg. From there i'll pass Oslo towards Geirangerfjord(and that 24'5km long tunnel) and then up north.
(where is the best place to take the ferry to the Lofoten? I saw a few places) after nordkapp take a bit of Finland then Back north trough Sweden and if I have some time left, a few days in Denmark.

tips are always welcome,

Hope to meet some of you out there

John

indu	6 Oct 2008 14:40

Just say the word and I too would be more than happy to meet up. Even have a place to stay if needed for a couple of days.

pockey

6 Oct 2008 19:45

Thanks indu
you have some good advise and thanks for your offer and yes it will be great to meet up with you on our travels

cheers

mike

tourman

7 Oct 2008 10:02

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Originally Posted by jcbmw (Post 209852)

Just a short note. You do not have to take a Ferry to Lofoten (I did it this year) ride north of Narvik then head west on the E10, use the bridge.
The Lofoten Islands are very nice, great roads etc.:funmeteryes:

kiwi_cj

7 Oct 2008 11:15

Indu i'd like to second pockey's comment - you sure do have a lot of good advice on your page. and if i make it up will definitely look you up.

if we were to aim for the HUMM after the trip to Nordkapp, does anyone know how long we should allow to get down to Spain?

Chris

indu	7 Oct 2008 13:02

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Originally Posted by kiwi_cj (Post 209955)

if we were to aim for the HUMM after the trip to Nordkapp, does anyone know how long we should allow to get down to Spain?

Chris

Depending on your route. Assuming you're riding hard just to get down to Spain you should at least calculate 4 looong riding days just to get from Nordkapp to Oslo if riding in Norway. Sweden less because of (boring but) much faster highways - 3 days, maybe even less (I used to drive car Oslo - Lakselv (3 hrs from Nordkapp in some 24 hrs through Sweden. Hardly any sleep...).

I'd suggest Nordkapp down Sweden along E4 to Denmark then further down Europe. I haven't ridden to Spain but Oslo - Palermo is 4 days along the motorways.

Google Maps says it's 4.500 kms. I'd recon 7-8 days by bike.

EDIT: Oh, and thanks for your kind words :)

Jake	7 Oct 2008 14:26

jcbmw just a bit of advice - if you are going to the Laerdal Tunnel ( the long one) there is a very nice route using the old road over the top of the mountain (also has the touristy but interesting bridge to nowhere off the side of the mountain) that is instead of going through the tunnel which is awful at best. Also Ferries to A in the south of Lofoten can be caught from Bodo or as was said earlier you can cross the bridge and backtrack on yourself (adding quite a few road miles) via the bridge north of Narvic.

kiwi_cj

14 Oct 2008 08:59

Indu,

After all the posts here i got about as excited as a small child in a free candy store and bought the Michelin map of norway to have a look. Then after reading your website I also got the Cappellen map for central Norway. I noticed when comparing them that the unsurfaced roads noted on the Michelin map are called up as secondary roads on the Cappellen map. Does this mean that secondary roads on that map are generally unsurfaced???

Chris

indu	14 Oct 2008 19:30

Glad to hear that you're excited - maybe we'll see you on these shores soon then?

No, secondary roads are not unsurfaced in general. As the Cappelen map says the surface varies heavily. It's hard to say anything general except perhaps that the thinnest lines farthest away from other roads are mostly gravel. And that the thinnest lines are the funniest roads ;)

Let me know if there are any areas in particular you're interested in. Maybe I can help you out if gravel is what you are looking for.

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