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The sumemrs coming and I am hankering to get back to the open roads of Norway, the Nordkapp and make it to the Russian boarder. To exercise the Allmansretten and camp wherever I like and to take full advantage of the midnight sun and bike whenever I like.
Been looking at the ferry options to Norway. Infact the options are so poor that I have spent a week trying to solve an unsolvable problem.
08 saw DFDS sacrifice the Newcastle to Bergen route. Thats the route that allows a biker to arrive in the heart of Bergen (party city), turn left and hit the fjord country for non stop biker bliss until returning home.
On top of that include the demise of the Icelandic run - Scrabster Bergen boat.
As far as I can tell the options this summer are:-
Harwich to Eijsberg, Copenhagen to Oslo. Cost for 2 bikes £1100 instead of £650. That is almost double to waste a day driving south in England and a day hanging around Denmark. Make that four days wasted on a return journey.
Newcastle - Ijmuden then drive through Holland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. This turns a 3500 mile totally scenic trip trip into a 5000 trip through the northern motorway network.
Use freight options for £1000, if available.
Is there any co-incidence that DFDS a Danish compnay scrap a Norwegian route and charge almost double the Danegeld. I think not.
Lil
Been looking at the ferry options to Norway. Infact the options are so poor that I have spent a week trying to solve an unsolvable problem.
08 saw DFDS sacrifice the Newcastle to Bergen route. Thats the route that allows a biker to arrive in the heart of Bergen (party city), turn left and hit the fjord country for non stop biker bliss until returning home.
On top of that include the demise of the Icelandic run - Scrabster Bergen boat.
As far as I can tell the options this summer are:-
Harwich to Eijsberg, Copenhagen to Oslo. Cost for 2 bikes £1100 instead of £650. That is almost double to waste a day driving south in England and a day hanging around Denmark. Make that four days wasted on a return journey.
Newcastle - Ijmuden then drive through Holland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. This turns a 3500 mile totally scenic trip trip into a 5000 trip through the northern motorway network.
Use freight options for £1000, if available.
Is there any co-incidence that DFDS a Danish compnay scrap a Norwegian route and charge almost double the Danegeld. I think not.
Lil