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Undredal

The next stop on my ride from Bondhus to Årdalstangen was Undredal, a cute little village tucked between the mountains on Aurlandsfjorden, just a short ride from the mouth of...

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Vøringfossen

About 70 miles into my ride from Bondhus to Årdalstangen, I came across the colossal Vøringfossen; one of the most famous of Norway's incredible waterfalls. It thunders down one end...

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Lærdalstunnelen

If you don’t like driving through tunnels, you'd best avoid Norway. I must’ve done about 20 of them today, including this one: Lærdalstunnelen, the world’s longest road tunnel at 15...

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Hardangerbrua

The first stop on my 240 mile ride from Bondhus to Årdalstangen was Kvernabekken Park, for a nice view of the Hardanger Bridge, an impressive 1.3km suspension bridge crossing the...

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Eidfjord

The first destination on my journey North to Årdalstangen was the beautiful village of Eidfjord, on the shore of its namesake estuary. I had hoped to get some drone photos...

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Borgund Stavkyrkje

I stumbled across this old wooden stave church in the village of Borgund, about 35 miles South of Årdalstangen. Although runic inscriptions date the building at 1150 AD, it was...

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Bondhus

I rose early in the morning to start my 6.5 hour ride from Bondhus to Årdalstangen, and was disappointed to see the weather hadn't changed from the night before. The...

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Bondhusdalen Glacier

After my overnight ferry from Hirtshals docked late in Bergen, I took a short ride South through the twisty valleys to the town of Bondhus, where I bunked for the...

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Møllestien

It was going to be a tedious 230 mile motorway ride from Møgeltønder in the South, to Hirtshals on the Northern tip of Denmark, where I'd booked an overnight ferry...

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Ribe Viking Museum

Before setting off from my guesthouse in Tønder to Hirtshalls in the far North to catch my ferry to Norway, I stopped off at the nearby Ribe Viking Museum. I...

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Tønder

My first stop in Denmark was a little town called Tønder, just a few miles North of the German border. It's a cute little port town that flourished in the...

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Møgeltønder

Just when I was beginning to think Denmark was a bit flat and monotonous (which it is), I stumbled across the little town of Møgeltønder a stone's throw North of...

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Giethoorn

The first stop on my motorcycle tour around Scandinavia was Giethoorn, a chocolate box village in the Netherlands reminiscent of the Cotswolds, however famous for having no roads. Sony A7R...

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Bremen

After a challenging start to the day, thanks to Dutch fishermen holding my ferry to ransom, I was relieved to finally cross the border into Germany and arrive at and...

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Laamu Atoll

It was my better half's 40th birthday this year, so I treated her to a week on a desert island in the Indian Ocean. After a gruelling eighteen months, we...

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Venice

After the first wave of lockdown came to an end, we took the gamble and booked a week in the beautiful city of Venice to satisfy our itchy feet. Canon...

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Omaha Beach War Cemetery

My second stop today was quite overwhelming; no photograph I could take would ever do it justice. The American War Cemetery at Omaha Beach, where more than 9,000 servicemen are...

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Mont Saint-Michel

Just when I was beginning to think the west coast of France was mind-numbingly dull (which it is, to be honest) it serves up Mont Saint-Michel, a tiny medieval island...

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Rural France

I came across many cute little towns, villages and farmsteads on my ride from Occitanie in the South, to Normandy in the North of France; the country is filled with...

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Château de Chambord

Château de Chambord is a distinctive French renaissance castle built for King Francis I in the 16th century. It was originally designed to serve as a hunting lodge. The current...

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Millau Viaduct

The first 530 mile leg of my long journey home was pretty uneventful, except for the massively impressive (and just plain massive) Millau Viaduct, which is a marvel of engineering....

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Monaco

The seventh leg of my motorcycle tour across Europe brought me to Monaco, the second smallest country in the world. The day did not go according to plan. Canon EOS...

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Verzasca Dam

Just North of the Swisstalian border, I stopped off to marvel at the Verzasca Dam (also known as the Contra Dam), a curved concrete monstrosity made famous by the 1995...

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Stein Glacier

Day six of my motorcycle tour across Europe brought me to the Stein Glacier, a 5km river of ice terminating in an almost fluorescent pool of turquoise melt water just...

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Furka Pass

Some of the most enjoyable sections of my journey from Brienz in Switzerland to the North of Italy were along the Furka Pass, a stunning stretch of road some 2,429m...

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Mount Pilatus

The fifth leg of my motorcycle tour across Europe brought me to Pilatus 'The Dragon Mountain'; a massive hill towering some 2,128m above Lucerne in the Swiss Alps. Canon EOS...

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Klimsenkapelle

The fifth leg of my motorcycle tour across Europe brought me to the Klimsenkapelle 1,864m above sea level at Klimsenhornjoch on the Pilatus massif, Switzerland. This cute little chapel is...

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Staubbach Falls

The fourth stop on my motorcycle tour across Europe brought me to Lauterbrunnen, a cute little village wedged within a rocky cravasse, deep in the Swiss Alps.

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Gelmerbahn Funicular

After Lauterbrunnen, the third leg of my European motorcycle tour brought me to the Gelmerbahn Funicular a cable railway in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.

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Brienzersee

The third leg of my motorcycle tour across Europe brought me to Lake Brienz in the Interlaken region of Switzerland. It is one of my favourite places on Earth and...

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