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...

Monday 13/06/2011 Stockholm to Lulea 166386-166948 = 562 miles Early session Well I'm "pot committed" now to use a poker term. I've probably done nearly half of the Sweden leg, which I had planned to do in 3 days. Up early at 05:15. You can sort of see the direction the sun went down, slightly to the left of the car and where it rose slightly to the right. I guess the car is facing north. It would be nice to stay up all night and watch the sun set and ri...

Sunday 12/06/2011 Copenhagen to Stockholm 165897-166386 = 489 miles Early session. Early to bed, early to rise. I'm awake at 05:30 and decide to do an early session before breakfast. I checked with Angie last night and everything seems OK at home, so I'm off to Sweden! I don't get very far. There's a chain across the exit to the campsite. I guess it's to stop late night arrivals but it's a pain for me trying to get an early start. After a bit of head scr...