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Scarab wrote:
Fantastic trip report - please keep it coming. Would love to do something like this soon.
Alex
x2 A very enjoyable read If we weren't supposed to eat meat why did God make animals taste so good?
Prospeed XRS, traxide, Mitch Hitch, life is good.
19th Jun 2015 3:11 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Tucked up in a hotel in Central Sweden, fair few pics to post but officially knackered and off to explore the delights of the Micky Dees next door. Hopefully as I'm a bit further south I might see some darkness, 24hr day light is officially the work of the devil and sending me further round the bend.
19th Jun 2015 5:24 pm
tayaste
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Think of all them hours your saving on your light bulb use
19th Jun 2015 5:26 pm
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Unfortunately lights on during the day, it's mandatory.
Just tucking (well almost finished) some traditional Swedish food:
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And very nice it is too.
19th Jun 2015 5:46 pm
tayaste
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Of course..
19th Jun 2015 6:01 pm
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Resisting the temptation to go for a second round. Two reasons for this. Hotel stay included breakie. And SWMBO would spot it on the credit card bill in a heartbeat, have to use CC as no local folding stuff.
19th Jun 2015 6:03 pm
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Trying to upload pics but the uploader just goes back to the choose files bit with nothing selected (had chosen 5). Plus uploading vids to YouTube just ends up hanging. And I have a couple of great vids of the ar$e end of some cheeky looking reindeer.
19th Jun 2015 6:37 pm
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Ah, working one at a time. Still nothing better to do.
19th Jun 2015 6:38 pm
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Right, here we go.
A few shots from Engeløya, where the big Atlantic Wall guns were placed, guns intended for two massive battleships that weren't built.
General view to the west. Enjoy the pic of the good weather, it didn't last.
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The ranging emplacement on a small island, bit of wading was called for.
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Here's what remains of the mounting ring for one of the 3 guns (there should have been 4 but the ship carrying the 4th gun sank).
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And the firewood for that night's fire.
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19th Jun 2015 6:48 pm
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The weather in the Lofotons was absolutely 'orrible, with a capital '
I can't believe I thought "it'll be fine" on a 2 1/4 hr ferry crossing to Svolvaer in what I think was a F8, and I get seasick when tied up!
Few pics of essentially the weather
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They chose a really good day to dry the fish!!
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That's when I looked at the weather & made the executive decision to hack across to Finland then bit of a loop to North Cape to escape the weather.
Proof the weather was better in Finland
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I've posted a few pics of North Cape but the food was stupidly expensive, even by Norwegain standards, so this was dinner
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And a pressie for Mrs DSL
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19th Jun 2015 6:56 pm
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You see a lot of this view
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Take the odd pic of the coffee cup, which is going to be like the life forms in Men in Black that live in the locker, it hasn't been washed in over 2 weeks.
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And you see a lot of these cheeky chappies
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Including these two cheeky begger. They were both well to the side, looked at each other with that "here's another tourist to toy with" look then joined each other on the road for about 1/4 mile with me following behind. They would look back and slow down if I wasn't keeping up enough!
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I have reindeer vid but can't get it uploaded to YouTube, it just hangs.
On the topic of reindeer, they are a right PITA and really mess with your mind. In the best of weather they can be difficult to spot, in crap weather they are the best thing to stealth domesticated animals out there. You see a rock and convince yourself that it's not a reindeer, and that's a tree branch not antlers. It's a rock, it's deffo a rock, then it walks out in front of you.
Or you've just driven past one and not even seen it at the side of the road (verges are cleared so it's not in the trees), they are so well camouflaged with the right conditions and background. And yes I was paying attention and hadn't been on the vino, this being a holiday for my liver as well.
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19th Jun 2015 7:18 pm
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Catering has followed my fave maxim "minimum effort, maximum results"
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Chicken Randang, Buryani rice and last of a jar of mango chutney, all washed down with ice cold coke.
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And for pud it may just be a can of pears but at that time it was the best can of pears in the world in my own little bit of wilderness.
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And a positively lovely sun not-quite set later on at about 11pm.
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19th Jun 2015 7:35 pm
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That's it for now, I'm off to bed (a real bed ) as early start tomorrow and 530 miles to do to Flensburg at the top of Germany.
19th Jun 2015 7:42 pm
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Well that was a pretty crap night's sleep, neck hurt like b r matter how I tried to lie. Just finishing off breakie then Germany here we come. And then the part of the trip I don't look forward to, derestricted 2 lane autobahns!
Breakie first though.
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20th Jun 2015 6:38 am
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Now that's making me hungry and I've already had breakfast
Don't worry, with the ability to add a speed restriction of 65mph you will be fine!!!
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Of course.. 
r matter how I tried to lie. Just finishing off breakie then Germany here we come. And then the part of the trip I don't look forward to, derestricted 2 lane autobahns!
