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Road Trip 17 ...... Continues 🇮🇸🇸🇪
Here we go again, it's that time of year. Car is packed, hopefully not forgotten anything, and off at stupid o'clock tomorrow.
Grand plan is out as below. Across to Leipzig tomorrow where will either camp or hotel (latter with AC as forecast is 28c with thunderstorms). Then on to Warsaw, poss via http://www.flugplatzmuseumcottbus.de and Stallagluft III site/museum just into Poland. Hotel booked, again with AC as forecast is 31c with more thunderstorms. That's an improvement on earlier forecast which had it 35c!!! Up to Riga, o/night in campsite (or maybe hotel if weather is still bad) then afternoon ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki. Up the Eastern border of Finland, waving "hi" to Rooskiland plus a bit of potting around the wilderness areas of Lokka & Lake Inari. Right up to the top right corner of Norway and Grense Jakobselv.
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Not decided on what I'm doing up at the top, lots of bimbling and wild camping. Expect pics of campfires with sea views.
The route back is from Alta, starting on the Postal Road, down to Sjofallets NP, hike to the crash site of Easy Elsie http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc_surv_nf920.htm then down to Stockholm, Gothenburg for ferry to Kiel then home.
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Will bung in the odd update as I go along, plus pics of trees, trees and more trees. With the odd reindeer and, hopefully, mooses.
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27th Jun 2017 4:33 pm
geoffsnook
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Have a good trip and do keep us updated when ever possible but most of all enjoy it Discovery 3 se gone
Range rover sport supercharged here:)
Good luck fella, in you D3 or 4 ?The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
27th Jun 2017 5:01 pm
biskit
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looking forward Del. Mantec sump guard.
Prospeed tree slider/steps.
Flack duel battery system.
18"Compomotive/AT3 tyres
Brembo 4pot front brakes
27th Jun 2017 5:17 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Aerialmark wrote:
Good luck fella, in you D3 or 4 ?
D3, it's what she does now. That and trips to the tip. Her gearbox has been sorted and she's just had an oil change so all looking good. This should also finish off a set of 18" ATRs, which is good as I have a virtually brand new set in the garage waiting to go on.
27th Jun 2017 5:27 pm
Gazellio
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What happened to the tracking we could login too?
27th Jun 2017 5:31 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Will do a daily Glympse link for peeps once I'm somewhere interesting. That might not be once I'm in France as SWMBO will be watching for me heading to boulangeries and, once in Belgium, friteries.
Oh and just a little "hi" to SWMBO, she's become a bit of a lurker here. I was going to add the smilie there but thought better of it.
Keep safe and good trip Home of RLD Hidden winch mounts Spare wheel Locks Trailer Body Fabrication ray@rld-tech.co.uk D3/4 sump plates MY 14 sump plates and the Discovery Sport wheel protectors Discovery 5 wheel locks
more Helsport tents and other things for camping Law of Mechanical Repair:
"After your hands are coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee!"
27th Jun 2017 6:06 pm
Buckster
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Have a great trip Del 2003 BMW M5- 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black
2013 RRS SDV6 HSE Black Edition- Orkney Grey with Ebony & Ivory. LR Facelift RAI, Genuine G4 Expo Rack, 4x Warn Spotlights, Warn 9.5 XPS Winch, Mantec Underbody Protection, Full Easylift Suspension, LightForce HTX 230 Spot Lights, LR Light Guards, 18” Compomotive PD1881 on 265/65/18 BF Goodrich KO2, Brembos Calipers, ARB Fridge, Tuff trek awning.
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27th Jun 2017 6:11 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Cheers chaps. Just been looking at the forecast for early next week in E Finland and it's looking good.
Better pack another can of Raid then!!
27th Jun 2017 6:19 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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Safe journey Derek I've followed your trips so many times, I feel like I've been there already!
27th Jun 2017 6:25 pm
Rescue01
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Safe journey Del and have a great trip Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
27th Jun 2017 6:29 pm
James W
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Have a great trip Del Looking forward to seeing the photos again.
I love that you fly solo on these trips. I love travelling by myself too D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
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27th Jun 2017 6:36 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Will do. Going to be a wet start tomorrow but looking good once across the Channel.
27th Jun 2017 6:39 pm
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James W wrote:
I love that you fly solo on these trips. I love travelling by myself too
After describing what I'm planning to do to police/customs/passport control peeps I occasionally get asked "What on your own?". My standard answer is "Yep, wife's got more sense!".
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smilie there but thought better of it. 
