Late start as we didn’t wake up until 9.30, after a great sleep. By the time we’d cooked porridge, packed everything up, collected the washing, which has been hanging on a line in the forest overnight and Dennis had given the old girl a clean, it was almost midday before…
We have found a lovely spot to camp this evening. It’s about 100m from the main road through a band of fir trees and about another 50m to the railway line and we are camped between. Fortunately there is not much traffic noise reaching us and the railway line has…
A great night’s sleep. It’s heaven in our wagon. Well, today is a very special day. It’s Georgia’s birthday. Georgia is one of our eight grandchildren. Georgia is a whole 10 today. She is a beautiful and very talented young lady. She is the daughter of my eldest daughter Deirdre…
Awake bright and early…3am!! Thankfully some more zzzzzz’s till around 9am. The designated ‘man’ was around at 10am to collect the rent. NZ$30, but the interesting thing is how a young girl is latching onto the potential to rent out her apartment for what is probably a couple of weeks…
The day started well. After breakfast, the hotel staff had good news. The garage had rung to say our car was fixed and we could pick it up in 15 minutes. Hooray! Tatyana, the receptionist had said the previous evening she would walk there with us and translate, as it…
Hi! Folks, after talking with the waitress last night I asked her what the chance of buying insurance for the vehicle was? Straight away she is on the phone to her husband for advice. This morning she arranged for the overnight receptionist to take Jen to an address in town…
After a hearty breakfast, we braved the elements (wet, driving snow and a biting cold wind) and set off to find a shopping mall. Armed with a Murmansk city map, all in cyrillic script, of course, it didn’t take long. Emblazoned across the entrance was an ad for, of all…
I wouldn’t be making an overstatement if I said we are delighted to be here. What an interesting day! Jen had been reading that you could buy vehicle insurance for Russia, at the border. Well, on arriving at the Norwegian border, Jen asked if this was possible, to be told,…
The camp owner turned up this morning. On asking him if he was opening the camp, he said not until next week. We asked if he minded us staying another night. He wasn’t looking very happy, so we expected a negative response. However, he said we could stay, but he…
A cold, wet, miserable morning but a beautiful warm shower. It may be a very basic camp, but these places are better than the pristine, modern ones where you usually get a token which provides you with just a few minutes of hot water. Unlimited hot water, over which you…