Archives: July 2006
In Which I Find Myself On Top Of The World
July 31, 2006 by Mike in Diary
Kirkenes, Norway Route: Inari - Sevettijarvi - Kirkenes And so I come to the sea again. 1859 miles after leaving Norwich (and never let it be said that anyone can ever REALLY leave Norwich) but just a hundred or so after leaving Inari this morning, and shortly after entering Norway,...
Map of Europe
July 30, 2006 by Mike in Map
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In Which I Reach Finland In A State Of Some Confusion
July 30, 2006 by Mike in Diary
Inari, Finnish Lapland Route: Jokkmokk - - - Inari A freezing night -- far to cold to get out of the sleeping bag to put on the clothes that would have warmed me up. And I should have guessed: clear sky during the day = sunny. Clear sky at night...
Greetings from the Arctic
July 30, 2006 by Mike in Diary
In which I apologise for not having spent all the time I've actually been on the road, sitting tapping away at a computer keyboard instead! This is a short (but sweet) message from just inside the Arctic Circle. The campsite in Jokkmokk, to be exact. Well, with a name like...
In which I Discover Motorcyclists, Elk And Reindeer
July 29, 2006 by Mike in Diary
Jokkmokk, Swedish Lapland Route: Vemdalen - - Jokkmokk Silly Mike (I): Today is Saturday. Why would a cybercafe open on a Saturday? When people might actually want to use it? I wasted an hour on that. Silly Mike (II): ... so when I set off, I wasn't thinking straight. And...
In Which A Death Is Announced
July 28, 2006 by Mike in Diary
Vemdalen, central Sweden Route: Vaggeryd -Vemdalen (STOCKHOLM, Agencies) Pele Jonsson, the last ugly petrol station attendant in Sweden, is dead. Jonnsssonn was also the last surviving male petrol attendant and the only petrol attendant over the age of 22. Police have ruled out foul play, believing that he suffered a...
In Which I Make it To Foreign Climes
July 27, 2006 by Mike in Diary
Vaggeryd, south of Jonkoping, Sweden Route: Esbjerg - Odense - Copenhagen - Malmo - Helsingborg - Ljungby - Vaggeryd I've never seen the North sea so smooth. You'd have more chance of getting seasick walking past the fish counter at Sainsbury's. I tested this by drinking a bit too much...
In Which I Finally Get Underway
July 26, 2006 by Mike in Diary
On board the ferry to Denmark This, finally, is the day I finally get underway. At last. Finally, in fact. It's ben a long time coming (five years, almost to the day, since I first thought of this trip while driving a car on the coast of Mallorca, which is...
Links
July 19, 2006 by Mike in Links
Some places you might find interesting include: I finally found someone who has been round the coast of Europe before me Meet Gustavo and Elke. I didn't, but I did see Tavo's bike on the street in Berlin: I'm proud to say a San Francisco Scooter Girl is a regular...
About
July 19, 2006 by Mike in About
ABOUT THE TRIP My name is Mike. My task: to ride round the coast of Europe. And you can email me too. I'm very modern, really: mikewith [ at ] hotmail.com Forgive me for expanding on what seems to me to be a very simple proposition, but reactions have so...