Month: July 2019

We’ve driven south to the bottom of the island (Senja) to a campsite opposite the entrance to the National Park. The price isn’t too bad at £20 as the washing machine and drier are free. We’d hoped to hang the

Late get up due to late night. 😴The midnight sun was eerie – every man and his dog came up to the lighthouse to watch it. It doesn’t go out of sight at all if you are high enough up,

Minor panic for Mr Bramley this morning as he thought we were starting to sink in the sand as we drove off the beach. It was ok – no shovels or Wilco’s doormats required. 😅 Husoy is a tiny little

I woke up in the middle of the night (broad daylight) to the smell of burgers cooking..how weird. Apparently, in Summer, the lorry drivers prefer to get their miles done during the night as the roads are emptier, so probably

Not much sleep was had last night. An army of mosquitoes had somehow found their way in. Guy gave up and sat reading most of the night. We followed the long road up to Norway, which steadily got more and

A bit dopey this morning. Woke up about 2am and thought it was just getting dark, but it was actually getting light. Don’t think there was any proper darkness, just a sort of twilight and then dawn. We heard the

Here we are at Santa’s official terrestrial residence, just inside the Arctic Circle. Must look really beautiful in winter, but it’s a bit like an out of season Centre Parcs at the minute. I never knew Santa had so much

Well, I got up and ran into the lounge this morning to see if ‘He’d been’…..Santa, that is,..it was definitely cold enough! We set off north through a world of lakes and forests. I got to do some driving –

Walked into the main part of the city this morning. The sun was shining and it was warm. Lovely place, very clean with wide streets, trams and not a lot of traffic really. Water and green parks everywhere. There was

This morning, in a vain attempt to hurry me up, Guy subjected me to a grand listening of Finlandia…to me, it sounded like Mars from the Planet Suite by Holst. If you’re all wondering how I know such things …thanks