Well, we never dreamed we would actually get to Finland! Let alone right across to the Russian border in the East, but we did! It felt like a rather liminal place - not Scandi, quite, not close to Russia, not mainland Europe. An identity of its own - mainly based in trees and water. The language foxed us - impenetrably written and like a combination of Swedish and Russian but with a slight Italian accent. Fortunately, their English is impeccable and it made trav...

Well, we've certainly put in the miles - crossing to the east coast of Sweden and now into Finland. A much needed down day by the lakeside gave Clare a chance to swim and us to give Nala a good walk in fairy tale woodland. It's nice to have a little of the genial hubbub of other campers - a friendly Swiss couple and a lovely Dutch couple who enjoyed watching Nala leap into the lake for her ball. We visited the copper mine at Falun where the famous red paint of ...

Gosh - it's been a while since we wrote anything! But hopefully the pictures have told the story. It was wonderful to have Ben & Tom here - for them to see the fjords and the snow and to share the experience. And it was good to explore Bergen - a much bigger city than Stavanger but still with an old quarter and the Hanseatic, colourful wharf making the classic harbour view. We visited the home of Edward Grieg and drove to the end of the Hardangerfjord and up ...

We've wound our way along the coast and into the mountains and we'll let the photographs speak for themselves! A few thoughts: - It's been wonderful to wild camp and we've been fortunate to find some really remote spots. I think it's helped that we are pre-season, so there are not too many people on the road. - One stop was on coastal heathland on Karmoy - high, small lakes and Christmas trees growing wild. Another up a perilous road to a frozen l...

Well, we don't even know where to start in terms of describing our first 2 days in Norway. Within 15 minutes of leaving the port we were in a little cove, surrounded by firs sprouting out of pink granite boulders with Nordic red and white cabins sheltered behind. Clear skies and sea with islets dotted along the coastline. Breathtaking. Winding roads take you from one body of water to the next. There is a scale about it that is different from what we've seen so fa...