Riders: Gareth Morgan, Jo Morgan, Phil Lough, Tony Armstrong, Roger Clausen, Chris Stephens,
Motorcycles: BMW F650 GS Dakar, BMW F650 GS
Distance: 15,136km
Countries: England, Scotland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Luthiania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Holland
Trip description: Part II of this years ‘Poles Apart’ theme. Our circular route for this journey takes in the many wonders of Europe whilst Gareth contemplates Climate Change in the face of the Northern polar ice cap.
Bike trips can be hard at times and we have all wished for a little support from time to time. Today however we came across what might be the ultimate in support vehicles. I spoke with Peter Engeloch the owner operator of this bus. He ensured me that he could provide us with the ultimate trip […]
We’ve arrived – up at the Cape at 71 degrees 10 minutes North. So from McMurdo Sound to here it’s been 149 degrees of latitude for us with our bikes this year, out of a possible 180. And I take back what I said about the reindeer in Norway. There are no signs up here […]
Have woken to a glorious sunny day, a couple of hundred km to get to the top of Europe (Nordkapp) and further North than we have had our bikes before. Big day yesterday means a leisurely start today, so I sit in bed looking out at a blue fjiord with snow clad hills and the […]
2600kms from Oslo to Nordkapp on a motorcycle is an experience of great contrasts, first there is the slow traffic, the hesitant drivers, the long and winding roads denied their true biker potential by the huge speeding fines, however the mountains are majestic, the valleys are tranquil with much small farming activity, the fjords are […]
Yes the roadsigns here in Lapland, Norway warning us of the hazards of Moose and Reindeer are more common than those indicating speed zones – and that’s saying something. We saw a few of these signs in Alaska and the Yukon too in 2006, but nowhere as many as we have seen here – so […]
Done it again – this time riding up Norway as opposed to the Haul Road to Deadhorse, Alaska. And it’s quite different here – there are farms well north of 66 degrees, 33 minutes, whereas in Alaska there was tundra and permafrost and that’s about it – beautiful though. They say it’s the impact […]
We seem to have been travelling through Norway for ages and first thing this morning we will pass the Arctic Circle with another slow1200 km to go before we get to the top of the country (Nordkapp). Our favourite Norwegian, Lise, who lived with us for a while when studying in Wellington has been missed […]
Well you have all seen photo’s like this at many burger bars. But have you ever paid $27 NZD for a burger small chips and a coke. If you come to Norway and expect to dine on burgers you will need to Super Size your wallet. Tony
That’s how Norway’s scenery can be described. If you blend three NZ roads – the one into Milford, the one around Lakes Rotoiti & Rotoma, and finally the Gates of Haast – you have Norway virtually covered. Not a bad combo actually and then when you get out along the coast all the little islands […]
When we were leaving Reykjavik in Iceland we had a huge bag of fresh cod that we hadn’t been able to eat. Being of a frugal nature I was looking for someone who might like it, waste not want not. So I met Anna, an older lady stooped, delivering the local papers and asked her […]
