take booze and buy the rest in shops.u Norwegian krone has dropped significantly in last two years. do not see the point to be lugging the food around, especially on the bike. I've just looked at the recent historical value of the Krone against the Pound, and by my reckoning we're currently getting...

OK you hardy wild campers out there, give me some of your tips on what lightweight compact food stuffs you pack to take away. Bearing in mind the destination's Norway. I'm thinking easy cook pasta, dried fruit and nut mix catering pack, quick cook porridge, a 3 litre wine box, small tins of sardines.

Now, as a keen advocate of not posting after alcohol has been consumed, I shall make this an exception. Having just watched a most delightful sunset over the Pyrenees and seeing off a rather fine bottle of Merlot, which cost me nearly £2 I hasten to add, I feel that it's my duty to solve this damn f...

I've recently been looking at ways to get to Norway or Denmark, for a trip up to the Nordkapp this summer. The nearest regular ferry seems to be the Harwich - Hook of Holland one. Not perfect I know, but cuts miles off the tunnel. I looked into the DFDS freight ferries, one of which runs from basica...

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Thanks for the prompt replies. I spent two weeks on the Lofoton Isles in 1977. I see they haven't changes much, and would certainly love to revisit.

You only mention two years, those being 2000 and 2005, and make it clear that you owned the bike for the duration of both those years. You make no mention of the intervening years, so are we either to assume you also owned the bike during the entire period between those years, or sold the bike at th...

Can anyone who has travelled up to the Nordkapp in recent years, tell me how easy (or not) it is to find accommodation, either campsite chalets or affordable hotels in Norway (under a £100 a night) by just rocking up in a town in the early evening, in late June/early July? My mate won't camp, and I ...

My only experience with unlined leather gloves, used to leave me with black hands when the dye leached with sweaty palms. Pretty sure they were not waterproof, but you could always give them a good coating of something like Nikwax I guess.

Plucking hell, he's d'spatchcock rider.

That's either a 'Cockatoo' or a 'Flocking big bike''.