Artic circle august 2006

Julie my girlfriend and i are off into sweden and norway in 3 weeks time on a charity fundraising effort .Any advice on riding to the artic circle /experiences greatly appreciated

Alcohol is expensive up there!



Greg

PASO said:

Any advice on riding to the artic circle /experiences greatly appreciated

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You could have a look here

Thats great thank you

Are you going on the Ice Cold trip? Me too. What have you found out? How cold is it going to be?

-How cold is it going to be in Norway in August?
Well, if I knew I would be a millionaire!
But I don't, so I say:
Bring short pants and t-shirts, bring longjohns and wool, bring good rain gear, and read here; http://met.no/english/climate/index.html .
Juli and August is when most of us want to have a holiday.
It can be +5C and rain in one place, and 6 hours riding from there it can be +20C and sun, at the same time. Or +28C, like it is here right now!

Up north, like Kirkenes, Vardø and Nordkapp they do not have a summer each year, as we southerns say, and smile!
And in Bergen it is raining all the time, as we in the south east say, and smile!
And those who live up north are laughing when the rest of us are complaining because of the cold or wind.

It's a long country, with fjords and mountains.
If you stay in the south I guess it would be like Scotland - a little less rain in the east.
If you go up north and over a mountain (Snowdon and Ben Nevis are ''peanuts'' for us; we have roads with tarmac at 1360 metres, Strynefjellet) it gets colder, specially in bad weather.

Windstopper and BMW are making good underwear, and wool is a good thing, just in case it gets cold and wet.
If you leave home in cold weather, wearing much clothes; bring an extra bag to put the clothes in if/when you get hot weather, or buy some souvernirs! (I guess you don't have too much room on your bike, like me!)

And:
Search for my posts in the Travel section; I have posted a lot!

And bring money and a VISA card!
But you may camp in the woods for free, if there is no houses near by. A night or two at the same spot is OK, then please move your tent and give the plants a break.

And a little goodie for you; the speed cameraes do not take a picture of the rear end of motorbikes... (But do not ride too fast; it might be a couple of eyes looking at you from behind a bush.)

Have fun!
Liv.

Thanks Liv

Me and my wife have just returned from a 4 week, 5500 mile trip to Northcape, 1000 of them on dirt roads. I took my 1150adv and she took her Dakar.
We were very lucky and only had 2 days of rain.
Watch out for the reindeer, be prepared for mosquitoes,
Norway has spectacular scenery but is very expensive We payed up to 600Kr for a Hytte. The speed limit is very slow.
Food and fuel prices in Sweden are similar to the UK. Some of their camp sites will require you to have a camping card, 100 Kr the first time you camp. Stugors cost around 300Kr - 450 Kr, camping is between 80Kr - 150Kr.
The quickest way to the artic circle is up the 45 but a bit boring.
If you have got time I would recommend Finland it is fantastic value for money and very friendly people.

rfawcett said:

Are you going on the Ice Cold trip? Me too. What have you found out? How cold is it going to be?

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Yes its the icecold trip caant wait thought most peeps on the trip were from shropshire look forward to meeting you

Well we made it it was agreat trip and a few GS boys on it too hopefully we raised over £20,000 for hope house hospice oh and my girl friend Julie is now my fiance If i knew how to post pics i would add a few

Well hope this works

And 1 more ...not much snow lotsa GSs