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Monday 26th July.  Alex has finally made it home after 3 weeks, 15 countries and 6060 miles.  He will be home tonight.  See the Diary page for full details.
Ironically it is exactly a year since John and Gerry returned from their trip.

 


Day 8. Friday 9th July.  Distance 260 miles.

Up at 8am shower and shave and loaded the bike and back to Nordkapp for a light breakfast.  Ticket is valid for 48hours. Met Ivar from Tallin, Estonia and his friend from Poland.  We had a long chat about Russia and the Baltic States.  I headed south and filled the tank at Honningsvag and it was the toll booth and 68Krone again to get into the long tunnel to get off the island. The tunnel replaced the ferry a few years ago and dips down quite steeply before rising steadily to exit 6850m on the mainland.  I swore I saw fog in the middle and it's very cold down there.  I met several cyclists in there.  I hope they made it!  Heading for Finland I got some euros at Karasjok and was waved straight through the border post.  The landscape had gradually begun to change from the barren wasteland of Nordkapp until eventually trees started to cover the mountains which turned to hills.  These eventually gave way to small lowland forests with excellent roads.  I stopped for the night at Inari at a small hotel and got a very good room with shower and breakfast for 30euros.  Here I met Gordon and Dave two Blackpool lads.  They were heading north for Nordkapp and Hammmerfest for the next night.  We had a good meal together and exchanged stories and information.  They told me where they were stopped for speeding.  Finland is a bit more liberal with their speed limits.  Normally 100kph on main roads but down to 80kph passing junctions with 50kph in the towns.  Also, Finland is one hour ahead of Norway.  Off to bed as the locals had their Friday night singing session below me.  I was lulled to sleep by the sweet tones of Viva Espania.

Day 8 pictures here.

Day 7 report here.

Day 9 report here.

Return to Week 2 page.

 

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Ivar the Policeman