drive to Nordkapp

After being made redundant with 7 months to go until our planned trip, it was – once again – cancelled. We did a short holiday in the UK instead – we did manage to make it to Great Britain’s most northerly point, so that was a small bonus.

I have a feeling that I am never going to visit the North Cape. Just this little hint suggests that every time I try it something gets in the way. Maybe it’s trying to tell me something. Maybe I should actually give it up.

Last night, the Japan whiteboard was scrubbed. A new title was put in place, and the plans are coming along…

Now Japan and Mount Fuji are done, the whiteboard can be scrubbed and the North Cape plan can begin…

Back to this plan I think. I realised how much more I can do with 4 weeks holiday… that could get me to the north cape AND three more holidays.

...to go. If everything goes to plan.

Seems like a long time now, but I bet it flies by.

We might get to go through Trollstigen (The Troll Pass) on the trip. It looks spectacular.

I find it strange that some people say “You must be mad” with this goal. Maybe they don’t realise that people do it all the time. Ok, so not everyone goes up there, but in the summer it’s of the order of thousands per day making their way there.

I don’t think it’s that mad. It’s a long way, yes. It’ll be hard work, yes. But it’s not really mad.

It’s interesting reading back on how this goal has evolved. It shrinks and stretches all the time… my last move was a shrink (taking out France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany), but now I’m tempted to grow again a little and go up through Karelia instead of straight up the more western part of Finland.

Hopefully by the time I’m booking things, the route will have settled itself down. I definitely think driving/riding all the way is best – not flying parts of the journey.

Vehicles selected so far have been: Mini pickup, Smart car, Hire car and now motorbike. I think motorbike is the best option.

So… slowly but surely the plans are settling down.

I wonder if I should compress my goals… it seems that this one, ‘tour on a motorbike’ and ‘get my CBT’ are all inextricably linked. But maybe not so linked either. Erm… yeah.

So anyway… I’ve started making proper plans

(It may take a little while for the site to show up – I only created the subdomain a few hours ago)

I’ll go to Nordkapp and Gamvik. If I’m up there, I may as well do it properly.