We have two more countires to add to our fuel comparision list. Here is the summary spreadsheet. Petrol 95 Octane Country Cost per litre Equivalent NZD per Litre % more Expensive than NZ England 1.26 $3.30 33.86% Iceland 182 $2.89 24.54% Denmark 11.05 $2.76 21.09% Norway 14.02 $3.63 39.95% New Zealand $2.18 Norway […]
Archive | Northern Lights – North Europe
Poles Apart II – Northern Lights
Motorcycle touring Europe & the Arctic
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.
Blogs from the trip
“Pinctures” in Norway
No Tony don’t you mean “Punctures”…… There is one thing that I have learnt about bike trips, tell your story before someone else does. Today was an eventful day, we had planned to cover just on 460kms. Things were going well until we left the local eatery after lunch only to see that one of […]
The Price of Gas
My first exposure to EU pricing came after I picked up the first Dakar from storage in England. I pulled in a the Shell service station in Ickenham only to find that it cost ₤ 17 sterling to fill one of the bikes. The bikes weren’t completely empty but the fuel lights were on. In […]
And Reykjavik Fishing Ain’t Half Bad
Day off today to see the sights of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik. So I lept at the chance to get down to the harbour and see if someone would take me out fishing. I was in luck – out into the fog we steamed, in an old trawler and just 5 kms offshore to drop our […]
Farming in Iceland
One of my first impressions of Iceland has been the amount of farming particularly by the coast. I thought it would be cold and bleak but have been surprised by the amount of pastoral land, and coming from a harsh NZ winter it seems strange to see all the farmers out making hay. This was […]
Jo’s first report from Reykjavik
I woke today with the smell of bacon and eggs wafting from the kitchen, Tony was doing our breakfast. Table service was provided by Roger and coffee by Phil. Gareth was doing the reading of what’s on in the capital of Iceland. Aren’t I the luckiest girl in the world having such a group of […]
Iceland Entree
Disembarking in the fog and quickly climbing the mountains to an ice-capped summit we thought maybe all we’d see of Iceland during a 7 days circumnavigation would be fog. But within an hour that fear was dealt to and conditions cleared to reveal a vast volcanic barrenness that is the north east of Iceland. It […]
Up the Isles
We unpacked our bikes from the barn near Heathrow where they’d been stored and rode up Britain to John O’Groats. No dramas really – bit of trouble getting used to the new GPS and some wrong turns but all pretty smooth as we rode through the drizzle that apparently is not uncommon for an early […]
Chook of England
Well here I go again, off on another trip with the worldbybike team. (Why? Not sure at this stage will find the answer on the way) The start of my journey begins at Heathrow airport with the friendly smile of a long time friend of mine “Chook” of England. Chook (Kevin Gorman) and I have […]
On the Road Again
Yes the global traverse resumes Tuesday June 10th when the crew flies to London to dust off the Africa bikes, get them north to Scotland and then on the ferry to Seyoisfjordur! Where the hell is that you may well ask – it’s out on the east coast of Iceland and it’s from there we […]
