Remi_NL

It's pretty rainy now here in Moskenes. I'll see what I'll do when winter comes, I'll keep walking until then.

I'm in Mo i Rana now, 4200 kms so far. Going to cross Saltfjellet to Bodo, walk across the Lofoten and then head for Finland. However I feel winter breathing down my neck, so I don't know what I will do. Maybe I should change from walking to skiing. Don't know if I can though, I never tried. We don't get much snow in the Netherlands and I don't have any experience with nordic winters so on the other hand I may take a break from walking and continue next spring. Any comments one way or the other?

Thanks. Still plenty of wet snow about, so maybe it is not such a bad thing that I'm stuck here for a while.

Hmm, this could be a long winter. Oh well, I'll see when (if) I get there. Anyone with a sailing boat want to pick me up at Lerwick? I'm not afraid of a few sweet fluffy teddybears (he said bravely from behind a computer in a cosy library, might be different once I'm camping there alone in the woods).

Well, I'm in Shetland now, walked almost 3000 km the past months. I'll arrive in Bergen as soon as I can find a ship that wants to give me a lift (no ferryservice anymore ). Has spring arrived yet over there?

I know conditions are difficult in the mountains in June, that's why I am asking here for advice. I think the 'Norge på langs'-walkers take a more eastern, lower route? I will wait until I arrive in Bergen before I make a final decision. Also I can always change my route if conditions are worse (or better) than expected. Moskitoes were indeed bad at Vounatjviken and other places but worst at Dividalen. After that the weather turned to wet, cold and windy and I didn't see them again.

Hello all, I'm planning a little walk around northern Europe next year and I could use a bit of help with planning the route through Norway. If everything goes to plan I will be arriving in Bergen by the end of May or start of June. This is a bit early to be heading into the fjell so I have been planning a route along the coast towards Trondheim. However, I have looked at several "Norge på langs" reports (from http://norgepaalangs.info) and it seems that many mountain area's are passable in June. I'm afraid that walking along the coast will involve lots of road walking, something which I would like to avoid if possible. So the option of walking through the mountains would be very welcome, even if this means that I have to cross lots of snowfields and all mountain cabins are still closed. Is this possible? What do you experts think is the best route option? I have put a (very coarse) map of the planned route on http://dbo.swalker.nl A few years ago I walked to the Nordkapp (http://walkabout.swalker.nl) but this time I would like to see more of Norway and less of the endless Swedish woods. Response in Norsk is fine as it seems I can read it very well (and even understand some of it ) Remi (Netherlands)