"Magnus Link" <
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> "Andrew Clark" <
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> > After last years trip to Iceland I'm keeping up the Nordic theme by
planning
> > a trip to the Lofotens in late May / early June. Plan is to fly to Bodo
via
> > Oslo, get a ferry to the islands and the travel up the islands before getting another ferry back
> > to the mainland and returning to Bodo.
> >
> > Has anyone been there and can offer ideas or advice? Only trip reports I
can
> > find belong to Steve and Patrick Fox.
>
> [crossposted rec.bicycles.rides <---> soc.culture.nordic, maybe there are one or another Norwegian
> reading s.c.nordic?]
>
> I went via Bodø to Kabelvåg in late June a couple of years ago. A friend of mine and I had
> pondered making the tour by motorbike, but in the end we hesitated for the fairly long ride from
> Bergen, where he lived, along the Norwegian coast, and we hired a car instead. That turned out to
> be a good thing to do, as it was a cold and moist summer. Actually also quite cloudy, so we didn't
> see too much of the sun either. But it was really amazing to experience the absence of the nights.
>
> The landscape was impressive, as one can imagine. I'm sure you can find pictures on the web.
> Probably also weather statistics. But maybe May is somewhat early for bicycling?
Thanks Magnus,
May and June are supposed to be the 2 driest months. May will obviously be colder with more chance
of snow (makes photo's look better!)
On the other hand most campsites don't open until June, so no showers... Decisions, Decisions...
Andrew