Sunday 19/06/2011 Hamburg to Coventry -169112-169776 = 664 miles Early session I'm awake at 05:30. I didn't sleep that well because the airbed slipped down the back of the seat and I was on a quite reasonable slope. The Burger King doesn't open until 07:00 so I decide to make the most of the Sunday morning roads and do a pre-breakfast session. I hit the Hamburg / Bremen roadworks that I was expecting but there is so little traffic that I don't get delayed. I ...

Saturday 18/06/2011 Jonkoping to Hamburg 168564-169112 = 548 miles Early session I slept well and woke about 06:30. In the daylight I noticed a sign saying you had to pay to park. I only had SEK26, which is about £2.50, so I decided to do a runner. About 08:30 I find a McDonalds with a slope so I stop to buy a coffee and have it with some muesli. Not a bad breakfast. Only about 70 miles of Sweden left now. Morning session I arrive Denmark about 11:00. ...

Friday 17/06/2011 Ornskoldsvik - Jonkoping 167989 - 168564 = 575 miles Early session Guess what. At about 23:30 last night it got dark!! I got a good nights kip and woke about 06:30. I have to wait for a lorry driver or two to give me a push but I don't want to start cooking in case they wake up and move off before I'm ready. I don't have long to wait. Three Estonian lorry drivers are awake about 07:00 and I get my push and I'm on my way. About 10:00 I de...

Thursday 16/06/2011 Kilpisjarvi to Ornskoldsvik 167388- 167989 = 601 miles Early session I'm awake at 05:00. I'm fed up with all this bloody daylight now. I haven't had any darkness since Sunday (and there wasn't much then). Anyway, I've done what I came to do; I've seen the midnight sun. My plan from this point was to drive leisurely down through Finland, taking in Helsinki. Then Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, before catching a ferry to Germany and hea...

Wednesday 15/06/2011 Pello to Kilpisjarvi 167043-167388 = 281 miles 09.00 - Pello I'm in a quandary now. The view of the midnight sun last night was disappointing but the thought of another 1000 miles driving doesn't appeal just now and being a further 500 miles from home unnerves me a bit. I also don't want to hang around another 6 days until the longest night (Pello isn't exactly buzzing). So I decide to drive a little further north and try to find som...