Doris On Tour

Day 19: Andoya, Lofoten Islands, Norway. Another lie in this morning which was greatly welcomed. It’s weird how we struggled so much with sleep for the first couple of weeks and now we’re doing just fine. Albeit falling to sleep later, but we’re definitely keeping our sleep hours up, which is important. To our surprise […]

Day 18: Senja, Norway. It turns out our luck has changed and the clouds had covered the mountains pretty much overnight. It’s crazy though because the landscape is still incredibly beautiful. With cloud shrouding over the mountain peaks and slowly rolling into the fjord below, it gives it a different, but still beautiful feel. Thankfully […]

Day 17: Senja, Northern Norway. 3:45AM and we were up and ready to go for the day. Well, one of us was and that one wasn’t me. Another hour or so sleep and I was ready for the day. Whether I was ready or not I was getting up as the sun was glaring through […]

Day 16: Senja, Northern Norway Turns out we ran out of water this morning. Only really finding out when Nat went to wash the pots after our morning coffee. Not too much of a drama as we’ve always got some bottles filled with water for cooking and for the most important thing, coffee. It just […]

Day 15: Abisko, somewhere really far north in Sweden. If you were wondering the answer to the question, it’s me. I’m the idiot. It rained all night. I like the sound of rain but it sounds weird on top of Doris. Kinda noisier, harsher and makes me realise we’re likely stuck inside for the day […]

Day 14: Kiruna, inside the Arctic Circle, Sweden. After I’d hit publish on the blog last night we headed out for a little wander and to the lake that was nearby us. For the first time in our trip the sun was not going to set on the same day. How crazy is that? It […]

Day 13: Arvidsjaur, Swedish Lapland. With the light rain and low cloud combination last night it meant that it actually went dark. Well, I say dark, slightly overcast but enough to get rid of the glaring midnight sun and actually allow us to get a little bit of sleep. We’ve been experimenting with sleeping downstairs […]

Day 11: Harnosand, Sweden. Potentially the worst night to date. Not only did we not get to sleep until late but we also got woken up earlier than ever. 4:45AM we headed something on the roof. The culprit? Possibly a little mouse or rodent. He scurried, ran, jumped and generally had a blast but all […]

Day 10: Somewhere in the middle of Sweden. This morning started really early. 6AM kinda early. I was woken by the sound of work men and their vans, diggers and trucks. I dropped out of bed and headed to the toilet, come back to peep through the window to see men hard at work. Must […]

Day 09: Stockholm, Sweden. We’ll rewind todays blog to last night. We’re consciously trying to get out in the evening and enjoy the midnight sun and all its glory. We couldn’t not get out on the bikes and to cycle around the beautiful lake that was besides us. Very glad we did as once again […]