Day 4 Destination Norway | Motorcycle Journal 2024

[@BikesCarsandChat]

This is looking like a great trip Alex, despite the rain! Roads seem nice and quiet 👍

[@blearyview2254]

It was indeed a great trip, even motorway miles did not spoil. The main thing is the weather was excellent while in Norway and had warm sunshine which is so lucky as it was heavy rain before and right after my visit.

[@2wheelvintage361]

Going good so far. I really need to go on a nice trip now! 😄

[@blearyview2254]

These long bike trips are very addictive and highly recommended. I said to my wife this will the last time to visit Europe on the motorcycle but already getting thoughts about next year :) The question is where to go!!!

[@davidsanderson1891]

Morning Alex. Bike looking good. Shame about the motor ways.but as you say got to be done hope the weather improves and you feel better soon mate. Take care..old dave

[@blearyview2254]

Morning Dave, that's the motorways done and dusted for a good while (it rained on the same road on the way back) and this was the last day of not feeling great. It is Norway next and the roads and scenery dramatically change for the better.

[@5dTraveller]

I'm feeling just like I did when I was a kid, desperate to get to The Highlands after a long journey up the M6. Nearly there!

[@blearyview2254]

Morning Mick, just a four hour ferry trip away then I am on Norwegian soil. I had been up at 6am the next day and finally disembarked at 2pm, but it was well worth it for the bike riding to come.

[@Tojj29]

Feeling crap isn't what you want on a bike trip😢 Have to say, those hotels/motels have been pretty good so far for you. That NT just looks born to do that kinda trip doesn't it. 👌

[@blearyview2254]

Hi Nige, thankfully that was the last day of feeling crap, The hotels were excellent and it was only the last hotel that was in need of TLC but it was clean. Aye the NT was made for this kind of trip and performed flawlessly.

[@greywolf9292]

Well Alex you've battled motorways, heavy rain and feeling dodgy, it must have been a great relief to know your waking up right next to the ferry port. I had some leave this week but ended up with the lurgy after lots of my colleagues were going about coughing and spluttering. I managed to charge the ZZR battery and refit it ( what a faff, panels to remove). I've also got a good bit of groundwork done for the new bike shed, clay soil's a nightmare but soon the founds will be done.

[@blearyview2254]

Evening Michael, bummer with the lurgy spoiling the holiday, blinking typical. Aye they seem to stick the batteries in tough to get at places, the ground works will pay off during the winter, no more wet feet.

[@greywolf9292]

@@blearyview2254 Cheers Alex, yes the groundwork should make a difference but it sure is hard work digging cloggy clay soil. Still when I dug the founds for the last one it'd been dry for weeks, it was like digging concrete. Which meant I gave up before digging deep enough to put a layer of gravel first, which is why I get water seepage up through the plastic floor. The new one will have concrete founds on a gravel bed.

[@blearyview2254]

@@greywolf9292 You picked the right weather to do this, the hottest past couple of weeks of the summer🤣🤣🤣, no worries, I been doing lots of work and hardly been out on bike, aching all over haha, old age eh. 🤣🤣

[@kimetogo]

You didn't have the weather on your side for this stretch. Let's hope it improves for you further into your adventure. Have you got any details of the bag setup on your rear seat? Looks very handy. Cheers

[@Lanes-Explorer5733]

Good morning Alex and at last I can watch 'Bleary View' without having my own bleary view 😊. They do know how 6 charge, some of these places. Good to share this ride with you over breakfast but I was sorry to learn you still weren't feeling 100%... Hopefully things improved further into your journey

[@blearyview2254]

Morning Joe, that was the last of the rain until I come back to mainland Europe, the weather was excellent in Norway. The bag on the rear seat is the Q Bag and would highly recommend one (Sportsbikeshop). You normally see it on earlier videos but was taken off for the top box. I used it for waterproofs and spare bottles of water.

[@blearyview2254]

Morning Peter and good that the vision is sorting itself out. The weather and headaches are all sorted after day 4 and it the end of motorways until I return to the mainland. The sun shone for the next five days.

[@Lanes-Explorer5733]

Wonderful. Apologies for muddling my comment in with Joe's there 😊

[@blearyview2254]

@@Lanes-Explorer5733 No worries Peter, it just good to hear the eye sight is back up to speed.