Too early to start planning? Norway?

I toyed with Denmark and Norway for 2014, but the ferry fare across to Denmark from the UK was prohibitively high for August, and although cheaper in our other holiday time, October, I doubted that the weather would be that good for riding. So I booked a Spanish trip instead.

Why Norway?

We did a cruise to the fjords in June 2013 and the weather was superb. Mostly sunny and warm. And most importantly for bikers; dry. The locals did say that they hadn't had any rain for quite a while.  

The fjords are spectacular and scenery is like Scotland, only much bigger.

The number of passenger sailings across the North Sea to Scandinavia have been reduced over the years and now only one remains, Harwich to Ebsjerg in Denmark.

Back in 1987 or 88 my (then) partner Audrey and I went to the FIM Rally in Kuopio in Finland. We used the DFDS service from Harwich to Gothenburg, but sadly this service has now gone.

But, whilst googling ferry crossings I found the DFDS Freight website.  A limited number of passengers are carried on freight ferries across the North Sea; to Norway and Sweden.

And that's how this all came about.

I am looking at June 2015 way before school holidays and when the ferry might not be too stretched and maybe get a chance on the freight ferry to Norway to give us a chance to try the fjords from the road rather than the water.