Hello Estonia!

It was an early morning for us on the 29th of July, we had to get up, showered and ready for our ferry to Estonia - how exciting! Liam’s still emotional about leaving Norway so I’m hoping the Baltic Countries really deliver and they might divert his attention for a little while. The ferry was …

Goodbye Finland

We spent our last night in Finland in style, well, when I say style I mean a ‘real’ campsite - and we parted with 35 precious euros for the privilege. No, that’s unfair, as much as we hate spending money on a campsite now that we consider ourselves seasoned ‘wild-campers’ it’s nice to stop in …

Finland so far.

Finland has brought us (me) a much needed break from hiking and stupidly long drives and for that reason (but not only that reason) I'm really loving it. Our first stop was a national park in the middle of the country called Syöte National Park and after seeing the camping facilities you get, I reckon …

Liam’s getting old!

Liam celebrated his 24th birthday on the Lofoten Islands too and we had an amazing day! We woke up to clear blue skies and soaring temps - who would have thought that it would get to the mid-twenties all the way up in the Arctic Circle. So of course, like the sensible people we are, …

Sunburn in the Arctic Circle.

Yes, you read that right - we somehow ended up in the Arctic Circle, not entirely sure how it happened considering our initial destination was the Balkans but the vanlife works in mysterious ways so here we are, getting sunburnt in the Arctic Circle. We took the ferry from Bodø to Moskenes in the Lofoten …

Geirangerfjord & more.

We arrived at the geirangerfjord on tuesday the 12th of July and were greeted by some very cloudy weather - lets call it 'atmospheric'. The drive to get there was interesting - it took us on one of the old roads which are closed over the winter months due to high snow fall and we ended …

Heading north in Norway

We've put the brakes on the hiking (for a while) which is good cos i think me legs were about to give in completely so we've been doing quite a bit of driving recently, exploring and living the van life to the full - we fashioned a 'shower' from an old water bottle and washed …

Hiking like a viking Vol 3. – langfossen & lake Bondhus.

If you're coming to Norway and you think it's a good idea to hike up the Langfossen waterfall, take into serious consideration whether or not you plan to walk at all the next day - it's a killer! First of all the sign lies. It lies in a big way. It says that the walk …

Hiking like a viking Vol. 2 – Pulpit Rock.

Thursday 7th July - we hiked to Preikestolen - pulpit rock. So much easier on my legs than the walk to Kjerag - no steep rock faces and no snow! There were lots more families and dogs (bonus!) doing this walk shows how much easier it was, I didn't have to rely on my minimal …

Hiking like a Viking – Vol. 1 – Kjerag.

Tuesday the 5th of July, 2016 - the day we tackled Kjerag. Started the day on a great note as we managed to snag a free carpark just down from the main park which saved us about £10 and the weather was great, sunny but not too hot, about 15degrees. The walk was around a …