Posts By Country




August 20th, 2010 | Europe

Idling to Oulu…

It had been a long ride down the Fjords of Norway… By the time I had unloaded my gear, carted it up four flights of stairs, and found something to eat, it was almost 10.00pm. I checked my mail and began answering a few of the more urgent ones that I needed to… I was […]

August 18th, 2010 | Europe

Riding the Fjords…

I rode back down to Skipsfjord. The wind, having decided that it could no longer get the better of me, seemed to have gone looking for someone else to bother… I was very thankful for this, as it gave me the opportunity to ride slower than I had before, and enjoy the spectacular scenery without […]

August 18th, 2010 | Europe

The Second “Summit”…

The wind howled throughout the night, making any attempt at sleep, well near impossible… At one point I cracked an eyelid to see daylight streaming through a chink in the curtains, and got up to take a look outside… Yep, dawn seemed to have broken… I looked at my watch to check the time and […]

August 18th, 2010 | Europe

Feeling Poetic…

Proof of Life… Sticker commemorates my arrival at Nordkapp on the 17th of August 2010…

Long Road to Nordkapp…

After the conflict was all said and done,

In search of some sanity, I chose a long run…

From summer-time in South Africa to autumn in […]

August 17th, 2010 | Europe

On Top of the World…

Nordkapp Weather for the 17th of August… The beacon I was heading for lies under the dark cloud… Not good…!!

At 8.00am the car park outside the Hotelli Inari was abuzz with excitement… The Italians and I loaded our gear onto our bikes, started our engines to let them warm up after a […]