Doris On Tour

Day 32: Borgund, Norway. We didn’t sleep near a river. We didn’t sleep near a waterfall. We didn’t sleep under a tree. We didn’t get disturbed all night and it was bloody peaceful. After nearly 100 days of living in a van you’d think I’d have learned where to park for a good nights sleep […]

Day 31: Jostedal, Norway. That waterfall we slept near last night? Yeah it was loud. Very loud. Thankfully the sun actually sets now and we finally have some darkness after 3 weeks of constant daylight. Makes sleeping, or at least getting to sleep, a little easier. Norway is a funny country. On paper (or the […]

Day 30: Reinheinman National Park, Norway. Last nights campsite was beautiful. Even in thick cloud and some light rain, the mountains looked so enchanting and mysterious. Sometimes they’d appear from the thick, low cloud and no sooner as you looked back, they were gone. It gave us a good chance to wash some clothes, wash […]

Day 28: Somewhere in Norway. We’ve done 4 weeks in the van! Total nights spent in Doris now racks up to over 50. How awesome is that?! Total we’ve done around 80 days living in a van with time spent in New Zealand and Iceland. The van life isn’t all sunshines and rainbows. Nice beaches […]

Day 26: Some waterfall in Norway When we woke up for our last morning in the Arctic circle we were excited about the adventure ahead… …that being an 70-100km drive whilst Doris had her low fuel light on. Sketchy and very stupid but we managed to make it. Just. We made the journey after a […]

Day 25: Back at the Arctic Circle, Norway. This morning was an early wake up call because we had a ferry to catch. We couldn’t really make sense of the partly converted Norwegian website but we thought the first ferry was around 10:30. Being sensible we decided we wanted to be down by the ferry […]

Day 24: Reine, Lofoten. A peaceful night by the ocean and we both managed a good sleep. Not sure about those who slept in the tents and cars that were parked around us when we woke up though! Mind you, I could think of worse places to pitch a tent and stay the evening! After […]

Day 23: Moskenesoya, Lofoten, Norway. We lost our view pretty early on last night and were surrounded by fog for the rest of the evening. We didn’t expect to wake up to clear blue skies and an unbelievable view that we had forgotten we had! Mountains all around us, glass like water in front of […]

Day 22: Moskenesoya, Lofoten Islands, Norway. Last night wasn’t the best night sleep to be fair. We were parked near the main road (the only one) and some passing cars whilsting near our ears made it a restless night to say the least. To be fair though, I’d park here again and again with views […]

Day 21: Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Northern Norway. Yesterday was pretty much a write off. We didn’t do anything other than drive an hour or so to a campsite. Paid our fees. Hooked Doris up on electric and made the most out of the free WiFi. Hiking mountains that are already scary in the low cloud, […]