Norge15 - Plan A

Plan A is coming along.

The trip is effectively split into two parts. Before and after the "cruise".

The before is the shortest. 

The ferry from Harwich to the Hook of Holland. Overnight it's about £125 each way including a cabin. That's for two of us and Döra.

A couple of longer days to cover the 600 miles to Hirtshals and then the cruise section.

Hirtshals to Bergen, another overnight arriving at lunchtime the next day.

And that leads us into 400 miles of fjord and around three small ferries like the one that featured in "The Heroes of Telemark" movie! Without the saboteurs I hope!

Steadily moving ever northwards, through Olden, where we stopped off on the cruise in 2013. The cruise that gave me the inspiration for a bike trip to Norway and the fjords.

The final ferry of the day takes us to Molde and the most expensive stop. Hotels are few and far between as you move north.

Using the Visit Norway website to plan stops and then Booking.com to make some reservations.

I know that spontaneity is the key to motorcycle touring, but if you want a bed indoors, then you have to plan.

From Molde, it's the Atlantic Road. Apparently one of the bucket list roads to ride. Oh well. Include that then before turning south towards towards Lillehammer and Oslo.

Continuing southwards to Sweden along the Baltic coast and back to Denmark via the Øresund Bridge.

Only two ferries left, the first being the Rødby to Puttgarden. The second is the reverse of the first of the trip, Hoek van Holland to Harwich.

So. That's Plan A.

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