Ever Northwards to Alta

Its seems funny to be still heading north and away from home. Today we reach a milestone as I have done just 2000 miles since leaving home and we still have about 150 miles to the Cape. A great day today. Bit of drama with my camera so we started the day by buying a new one in Bardufoss. Then we headed north following the E6 again which incidentally is also called the Northern Lights Way. I doubt we will see any this time of year and certainly not tonight as it is grey, overcast, misty and raining as I write this. But all day long the weather has been great.

Tim finally zipped in his lining in but was a good 400 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Good effort. The sign in the other picture gives  a hint as to how far to go! We stopped a couple of times for coffee along the way and had a nice lunch (had take a second mortgage though - boy is this one pricey country!!) We saw our first wild deer today as three of the little dears (sorry) crossed the road. I would hate to hit one in a car never mind on a bike. Doesn't bear thinking about.

A lot of our route today was along huge fjords and the road wound round a bit. Again we did some tunnels which were poorly lit but a couple of more modern ones too. The road generally continued to be fantastic. Every biker should do this trip. The E6 has to be the ultimate road.


Late in the day, we came across the fjord where the German battleship Tirpitz was moored ( for two years) during WWII. There is a museum which is worth a look of your interested. The ship was attacked by the Royal Navy twice - once with midget submarines which did damage requiring 6 months repairs and then again by the fleet airarm which did another 6 months. It was final sank by the Lancaster bombers near Tromso. The actual fjord of the mini sub attack is pictured here. Amazing stuff.

The shot above is Tim and I enjoying  a "grassy bank" arctic style. Well, we are getting on and need a break now and then! We arrived Alta about 1930 and had dinner in the hotel as the weather has turned grim. Let's hope it clears for tomorrow.