Saturday 8th July The ferry trip from Balestrand to Flam went smoothly. The journey took us a bit further along Sognefjord before we turned into the much narrower Aurlandsfjord and on down to Flam. The scenery today was rather more dramatic than yesterday, made so obviously by the narrower passageway. We found our apartment easily… More

Friday 7th July It was a beautiful morning for our ferry trip from Bergen to Balestrand. That was the first good thing for the day. The second good thing was the prompt arrival of our Porter Service gentleman who was taking our large luggage items, including Daffy Defy, on to Oslo. This had been one… More

Wednesday 5th July: arrival day Our flight from Stockholm to Bergen went without event, other than the usual hassles checking in the bike. Our accommodation in Bergen was at the Ole Bull Hotel and Apartments where we had a one bedroom apartment on the 5th floor with a nice view and enough room for the… More

Sunday 2nd July: Nobel prize Museum and Royal Palace day It was overcast but not yet raining when Mark rose at 6 am and so he managed to get out for a bike ride. The drizzle started at around 9.30 am and continued for much of the day so he was lucky to get a… More

Friday 30th June Our first impressions of Stockholm were positive. The 40 minute drive in from the airport revealed a very clean city with well organised and flowing traffic, not a single horn was honking. It gelled with our experience thus far of finding everyone to be so polite and respectful up in this part… More