Arctic circle
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don't have FB or want to use it
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I think the point Brue is making is that you don't have to have Facebook or have an account to read what the OP has posted on his Facebook page, it's just like any other webpage, you can just click the link. If your concern is that you don't actually want to enter the Facebook domain for some reason then obviously you won't be able to view the content but it is there for you to view should you wish.
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Hi all. I didn’t realise anyone had replied as I didn’t get any emails saying there was a reply. I did try to put photos up earlier on but ct said they were too big. I’m afraid I get totally lost around this forum. I took me the whole of my half hour lunch break to find where to get to the various sections of ct then to post a new topic. Ive no idea what the story section is. I thought I had made the Facebook page public so everyone with it without aclog in could read it. I’m a mechanical guy not a technical guy I’m afraid.
thank you for the nice comments. It really was a trip of a lifetime. The person who said they met a guy who spent 3 months in the arctic circle... very jealous! We will be going to back to Sweden in the next few years we hope., such a lovely place with really friendly people.
We did the trip with a 9 year old Volvo XC90 and with a bailey grande twin axle caravan.
I shall come back and check this page more often. I used to get email notifications but not anymore.
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Hi JB
As you have probably gathered there is some reticence amongst some on here to be involved with Facebook. However I can perfectly see why you used it, particularly if you wanted friends and family to follow your epic journey.
If you look to the right of your post at the top of the page you will see Useful Information and under Discussions is the Story button if you want to go and have a look. Regarding photographs they do have to be resized to about 500 kb in size and you can add up to five photographs per post. Any questions on any of that please ask and we will try and help.
David
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Nope, you haven’t convinced me.
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I appreciate that FB was an easier method of doing the blog with photos. There are aspects of CT that we all know are utterly frustrating when it comes to posting photos, such as the review pages, so although I don’t use FB, I did manage to look in and appreciate what a lovely trip is was. I can’t even recall my Facebook log in, and it’s of so little interest to me that I don’t have any intentions of following up on it. Being part of a closed Whatsapp group seems a better option, or so family members tell me......🤔
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Totally agree Paul, it is a good medium for that sort of sharing. When you have family and friends right across the World it makes it very easy to keep up to date on what they are up to. There are now some very good Facebook discussion groups out there as well dealing with our hobby.
David
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FB owns many types of communication systems including WhatsApp. Whatever the reasons some of us do and don't use FB I'm happy to look in on a link that is interesting. I'm sure the majority of people using the web can look in on FB posts if they want to, but they'll have to keep hitting the "not now" sign in button. There seems to be a minority on here that are unable or unwilling to use it but the majority can take a look if they want to.
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"There seems to be a minority on here that are unable or unwilling to use it but the majority can take a look if they want to."
Yes, it’s great that we are able to exercise choice. 👍🏻
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I read your blog, some good photos too, you certainly covered a lot of ground in a relatively short time. It is a route we have taken 3 or 4 times, with caravan, as I come from the north of Norway, about 50 miles inside the Arctic Circle, and travelling to there via Sweden is much faster and less expensive.
There are certainly a lot of trees in Sweden, and they have plenty of big rivers, but Norway has the scenery! Next time you go, allow at least twice as long , head up to North Cape and make the journey south through Norway, down the coast road. Not in winter, as lots of roads could be closed, but June/July is good.
We do not bother to take much food with us from home as we find Sweden and Finland fairly reasonable, but we do stock up before crossing into Norway. Sweden, Finland and Denmark have Lidl and some other discount stores, but they never got popular in Norway for some unknown reason.
Camping card ACSI lists some sites in Scandinavia, so there are savings to be made on campsites in some areas.
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that last sentence could be said of most risky activities. The problem is people can't help themselves.
Had to solve too many problems with users, oh and one person lost being appointed with their account
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Kjell we would love to go for much longer but sadly my works annual leave won’t allow longer. I had to max out the chance of May Day bank holiday and Easter being so close to save 3 days holiday.
Which way do you go through Sweden to north Norway? Do you use the e4 or e45? E45 has some bumpy bits along it but a lovely quite route. The coast road through Norway looks amazing. The 17 looks a few ferry crossings across the fjords which I bet are very pretty.
in Sorsele in north Sweden we went into a Coop supermarket and they had hot chickens for £3.50. Couldn’t believe how cheap thier food was. Same shop in Gothenburg and prices were over double.
We asked in Lillehammer camp site about the acsi card and we think she miss understood us and knocked off 10%!
Thanks for your reply. Nice to read a reply about what I posted instead reading about whether Facebook is good or bad for a blog!
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Usually we go up the coast road as it is more interesting, all those trees get a bit boring after a while, but we have done the inland route too, there are some nice lakes in the central to southern parts of Sweden.
In the south, the glass blowing area has great retail opportunities, they make some lovely stuff , and Stockholm is worth a visit, as is Uppsala
Could you persuade them to allow you to save up some holidays to take a longer trip? We did that once, managed 6 weeks, but being retired now we can take as long as we like, last time we were away 4 months, early May till September. Only problem is that being retired does mean I am also very old.....as can be seen in my avatar! Unpaid leave was also an option we had to allow longer trips.
The coast road in Norway is spectacular in places, but, yes, plenty of ferries, which can work out expensive, especially with a larger outfit, We have a twin axle Sterling and tow with a VW Touareg, used to have an XC90.
The road goes right past where I come from, a bit south of Bodo. Used to have a house there but have now passed it on to my oldest nephew. Midnight sun country.
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I've heard that mozzies and midges in Sweden make Altnaharra seem like a church picnic. Don't know how problematic they are but given the abundance of lakes in Sweden....
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We found the 2 roads totally different for scenery. Coast road was lovely and fast where as the inland route was totally different scenery and slower but totally different. We stopped by a few lakes north and south. Also found a church ruins just off the e4 that had history about a marriage stone etc. Really interesting and in English too! Shame we couldn’t stop the night there as it was lovely and quiet but we had to push on!
Uppsala rings bells.
Only way of extending my holiday is a few weeks before Christmas then some afterwards too. If I max out each years holiday and not take any 11 months either side of Christmas I could get 9 weeks away. Unpaid leave is only allowed for monthly salary staff. I’m weekly paid with different rules.
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This is a trip I'd love to do, so I've enjoyed hearing about it and the added contributions from Kj. We have friends in N Germany near the Danish border and I think this would be an ideal starting point for us if we attempted it, we'd see our friends and then carry on.
Is there a good time to go, as we would luckily have the choice in future.
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It all depends what you would like to see. If you want dark, cold snowy scenery Dec-March is best but you need winter tyres on car and caravan. This is our plan next time!
April you get to see frozen lakes and snow at the sides of the roads. May -August September time will be sunny and very little night time
starting near Denmark would be ideal. Definately worth the oestrund bridge into Sweden though. Just stunning. You need to allow 2 weeks in Gothenburg to see most of it. The campsite we stopped at was perfect for jumping onto trams into the city and leave the car parked up.
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Thanks JB. We definitely wouldn't attempt a winter trip having lived in the Highlands of Scotland and know what it's like to freeze up! Sounds like May and June might be our time. Over the years KjellNN has offered some good advice about trips north. I don't know whether we'd make the arctic circle itself but you never know it's been on our list for a long time but due to commitments we haven't had the chance to have a go. Trouble is there are an awful lot of places I'd like to see en route so it will need a lot of thought.
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We usually go leaving home late April, via Holland.....bulbfields.....then north through Germany and into Denmark......quite alot to see there.
Then ones the bridge to Sweden, we try to take a different route each time (and I try to keep OH away from the glass blowing region!) then we head north and either all the way to Finland and Norway to Nordkapp, or over to our (previous) house. Nephew is still glad that we visit occasionally.
Coming south, there are a lot of choices to make, but the Trondheim down to Stavanger area is very scenic, we used to live in Trondheim.
Oslo is well worth a visit, though sites can be expensive
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Definitely. There's Nansen's "Fram" and Thor Heyerhdal's "Ra", plus "Kon Tiki", a must see for Swift motorhomers?
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We really want to do a winter trip. We go to the alps in winter so happy with the cold.
We just missed the tulip fields in Holland. Pretty gutted. We saw a place advertised called arctic glas just north of Sorsele. They also do husky sled rides. At the time we didn’t have time to stop and look around. What we know now we should have stopped as e made good time getting back down south.
Sweden and Scandinavia is a stunning place. We wish we had more time to stop and look around lots more places. Good excuse to go back!
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When you live there, you just exist over winter, other than going ski-ing, and look forward to spring.
Where I come from we have about 4-6 weeks of darkness when we have no sunrise, it can be depressing.
It is not totally dark, more like a permanent dusk, but still depressing for some.
Come late June, there is permanent sun, which can keep some people awake! We tend not to sleep so much then.
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