Day 8 Kongsberg Norway

Jen says, :- Up early, on another beautiful morning, for the four and a half hour crossing to Langesund in Norway.  A well appointed ferry and a very smooth crossing. Having programmed the sat. nav. for Kongsberg, we set off. Why Kongsberg, yet another Land Rover specialist we have been…

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Day 7 and in Hirtshals

Have to say the bed in the Landy is way more comfortable than the hotel’s, we stayed in. However, we really enjoyed our stay in Aalborg. What a lovely city. So relaxed and the shops are beautifully presented. It took us half an hour to find a shop with postcards.…

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Day 4

What a difference a day makes! Woke at 7.45am to a beautiful sunny morning. A little bit of R&M as the winder on one of the roof vents gave up winding. Nothing major, as a pivot pin had come out. Seems that there is always something to hold us up…

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Day 3

Not much to report. Motorways, congested towns and massive traffic jams. Drove through Belgium in an hour or so and we are camped outside Breda in Holland.  Weather, dull and overcast with some fog and cool. All going well, apart from starting problems!! We hope to get fixed in Kolding…

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Day One and Two

On the road by 7am heading for Newhaven. Nearly never made it. Land Rover wouldn’t start!! Eventually got it going but it seems to be troublesome since changing a fuel filter two days before. I didn’t bleed it properly. Being a common rail diesel it’s not easy to bleed the…

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Pre trip planning

With only days to departure from Wineham, we have hardly given the trip the kind of attention that’s needed but we have been planning this for the past 6 years and the main things like vehicle preparation and visas are pretty much in hand. Some final mods to the Land…

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