Postcard 1 from…well let’s see!
It’s still stair rods and the dog’s looking at me with the expression, “Well, you’ve got me wet so now you can turn it off! She’s assuming this is all …
Lordstones to Wainstones Return
The car park at Lordstones is a great place to start a five miler up and over two ridges with a wonderful return along the lower track that enables fabulous …
Postcard 5 from Norway – Oslo, Gothenburg, Malmo and Copenhagen – The Unsupervised Tour
The Last Post – My carers catch up with me! The Pilgrim has caught the night train from the Arctic Circle and I’m heading across the mountains from Voss. Both …
Postcard 4 from Norway – Voss, Bergen and back to Oslo
The hotel is advertised as a hostel and I suppose it could be if it was populated with large groups but it’s not. We’re largely single like me or couples …
Postcard 3 from Norway – Voss
Oslo and Voss Today is a culture day with more use of city bikes to explore places that I don’t think I would have found. I didn’t plan the routes …
Postcard 2 from Norway – Oslo
Today is a wall-to-wall sunshine, bike hire (again) and ferries sort of day. I leave the SmartHotel as they’ve quadrupled their prices and the town is flooded with reporters and …
Postcard 1 from Norway – Oslo
The original plan was to fly into Bergen, wander the streets and take a cable car up the mountain but I was beaten to the peak by the Pilgrim a …