Monday 17th July It was mostly a day of travel today with an early flight (8.20 am) from Reykjavik to Manchester and then a drive from Manchester to York. Our accommodation in York for 3 nights was sourced through Booking.com and located at 3 Emperors Wharf.  It was a lovely, big, 2-bedroom apartment, very clean… More

Sunday 16th July What a way to start our last day in Iceland. We’d been told there was a short trail behind our hotel that led to one of the 30 glaciers in the region so off we set at 6 am. Shortly after we found ourselves right at the front of the most spectacular… More

Saturday 15th July Our day was made up of a long drive from Vik to Stokksness, a distance of 280 km, and then we backtracked to Skaftafell, a distance of 243 km, where we had an overnight at Hotel Skaftafell. It was a lot of driving for Mark but the reason for this was so… More

Friday 14th July It was an overcast morning in Reykjavik so it was a good day to be leaving and heading to Vik. We had  lots of scenic stops on the way as we covered a distance of about 200 km and these included: Seljalandsfoss waterfall. Skofagoss waterfall: had a killer staircase to view the… More

Mon 11th July It was a good day to be leaving Oslo as the weather had turned; we woke to a grey sky and drizzling rain. Our taxi arrived right on time and I only wished we had sublet space for this city-airport transfer. We had ordered a maxi taxi but instead were supplied with… More

Sunday 9th July We arrived into Oslo by the trains from Flåm & Myrdal at around 3 pm and we were able walk to our hotel, aiming for the shady side of the street so as to avoid the sun as it was a very warm and sunny 27 degrees Celsius. Our hotel in Oslo… More

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