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A friend of a friend of mine ( George) told me about his trip to the North cape in Norway, which is usually regarded as the furthest North possible on a road. Finland; mile after mile of flat straight gravel roads with no view other than thousands of conifers, and when you stop the millions of mossies will eat lumps out of any exposed flesh, including inside nostrils. Beer is > £10.00 for a bottle. Finland takes about three days to cross South to North. Hotels are ridiculous prices for simple accommodation. He then crossed into Norway went to the North Cape, which is a road near a headland and turned Left to ride back down the Norwegian coast, more conifers, and mossies beer still >£10.00 for a bottle, hotels possibly even more expensive. The fjords are very scenic, but after the first twenty or so the novelty wears thin. 50 mph speed limit rigidly enforced with huge on the spot fines.In the end he said it became an endurance event rather than a trip. I was also considering a similar trip, George put me off it totally. He is a bloke in his 70's who has travelled all over the world as a photo journalist, and ridden his bike all over Europe and beyond. I respect his opinions. However..... taking the ferry from Travemunde to Helsinki, then crossing the Gulf of Finland to Estonia and riding down through the Baltic States does appeal to me very much. Scenic if rather flat countries with very interesting 20th Century history. Beer is €2-3 a bottle and hotels are very reasonable. And you can ride to the Russian border and stick two fingers up to Putin, as long as you can ride faster than a bullet!Then either cross Poland , big and still very cheap, or take the ferry from Klaipeda in Lithuania to Kiel. Finish off with Germany and Holland. Or do it the other way around and end with the ferry from Helsinki to Travemunde. All very do-able and an enjoyable trip to be had.
Furthest North I've travelled to is John O Groats,during our 2014 meet☺. The Scandinavian countries look nice,but expensive😕If you use YouTube,there's some stuff on there. ,'the missenden flyer' did a recent trip there. Didn't watch much after they crossed the Nijmegan bridge in the way. He got all emotional,saying how his grandfather served in the army,then praising the allied forces for their contribution,and sacrifices,whilst riding across on a f_____g German bike!😡 A good on to watch is 'harry s garage' . He travells up there in a 70's RollsRoyce☺
We have far too many wet holidays our golden rul is always go south
I'll be heading North in a couple of weeks, Stafford, the nights are really long
I have an ongoing fascination with the idea of riding as far North as possible. See the Northern Lights, eat a polar bear, fight an eskimo, get cold, wet etc. I would probably hate it, but I wonder who here has gone furthest North and what happened?Top of Norway? Top of Canada? Alaska? Anyone gone nuts and done Northern Russia?