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Lofotens are fantastic, view from the German gun battery site on Engeløya last June.
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It was a bit wet at the time.
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25th Jan 2016 7:11 pm
Healey
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Hugeviking, of coarse its higher temperature. My mistake......
Post edited2008 Java Black D3. 2.7TDV6 HSE.
Series III Mud Flaps
18" Nokian Hakkapelita 8 winter tyres
25th Jan 2016 9:04 pm
Pinin01
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26th Jan 2016 3:06 pm
hugeviking
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Healey, no problem - thanks for sharing the information on fuel
Andi.
26th Jan 2016 7:13 pm
Nr1rolf
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As mentioned there will be like no daylight all the way up in North that time of year (like 24 hours of darkness in winter and 24 hours of sun/daylight in summer, have a look here : http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/norway/nordkapp) and come to Norway with a as emty tank as possible, cause here all the gas stations have winter diesel at that time, i am not sure if they have more addetives the more north you go, and a very good batteri is offcourse needed, and also think studded tires is best for this trip.
27th Jan 2016 10:13 am
Pinin01
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Location: Brabant
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Yesterday we had the Experience Day - Scan Covery Trial 2017: A briefing in the morning and in the afternoon the first trial in the Netherland before starting for real, going up north at the 6th of January 2017.
Taking the opportunity to raise money for charity I had stuck on stickers from sponsors who all did a considerable donation for The Dutch Cancer Society (DCS, KWF in Dutch).
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And from the boys at work we had some good advice:
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20th Nov 2016 3:06 pm
Pinin01
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Hell Yeah, We made it:
9 days, 7000km from The Netherlands – Lofoten Norway - Finland (near the Russian Border) and back to The Netherlands!
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17th Jan 2017 2:27 pm
hugeviking
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Fantastic, well done.
Did you have any problems in the end, Diesel, tyre choice, etc.
Im sure we'd all like to see more pictures, if you had the time to take any
Andi.
17th Jan 2017 4:52 pm
Pinin01
Member Since: 20 Feb 2013
Location: Brabant
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The Discovery was rock-hard, not one problem.
The only thing that cracked was I We went off once at low speed, that’s all, but no damage.
Tires I used were Nokian Winter tires (Netherlands / Denmark / Germany) and Nokian studded tires (Sweden / Norway / Finland), both did a marvellous job!
And, in the processes we raised 10190 euro for KWf, the Dutch Cancer Society by selling the stickers on our beloved Discovery.
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17th Jan 2017 5:33 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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That looks a great trip. Looking forward to heading back up there via Poland, the Baltics and E Finland in July.
17th Jan 2017 5:37 pm
Dusty
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Well done and great pictures. It really is such a lovely place to visit this time of year. And nothing better than doing it in a Discovery Discovery 4 HSE
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17th Jan 2017 5:39 pm
hugeviking
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Great pic's
And over 10,000 euro for charity too, excellent
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We went off once at low speed, that’s all, but no damage.
