Back in The Shire

Back Home after a painless ferry crossing. It was taken over by 200+ bikers with The Chopper Club on their way back from a meet in Germany

Only 250 miles needed today but after an epic 5500 miles (even google maps can't show it all on one plan and doesn't account for some of the extra roads I did - this just shows the shortest possible route) I am back home, tired but happy. Going to Nordkapp via motorbike has been one of my goals for some time and it did not disappoint.

Of course, being on the M25 at 8am was a bad as expected with a lot of filtering and sitting in queues.

I have ridden through England, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. I have experienced cold (4 degrees), horizontal rain, gales (50mph + crosswinds on bridges) and heat (28/29 degrees).

I have spent over 110 hrs on the bike, used 12 ferries, over 200km of tunnels and spent 13 nights in a tent.

Roads were a mix of motorway, A roads, B roads, unclassified and deep gravel in some of the road works. I have had Reindeer run across the road in front of me (better than sheep on Dartmoor)

The highlight of the trip however was meeting a huge number of bikers from many different countries all of whom shared the passion for motorcycle touring and made my evenings on campsites and time of ferries very enjoyable.

Would I do I again? - Not in the timescale I had, I would prefer more time on the next trip as some of my days were very long but yes potentially although I fancy going south next time for warmer weather.

I will write a full review of the bike over the next few days and also will edit the video I have taken but it is back to normal work mode from Thursday on and my summer holidays are now over.

The bike is all clean now ready for the next adventure wherever that may be!