Post by Phil on Sept 23, 2019 12:22:37 GMT
NORWAY 2019
I have always wanted to visit Norway but alas when the direct ferry from the UK to Norway was cancelled I thought that it was a country too far for my limited traveling time and I didn’t relish the thought of having to get 3 ferries from Ireland to Norway and the same back ( I’m not a great sailor ) and also 100’s of miles of boring motorway from Amsterdam to Hirtshals in Denmark.
But I happened to be surfing the internet when I came across www.overlanders.ie website and that they were doing a shipment of bikes to Norway at the beginning of August 2019.
So I telephoned the number and spoke to David who explained that I just need to bring my bike to the shop in Gorey, county Wexford and they would ship my bike plus all my camping gear and luggage to a pick up point close to Oslo airport at Gardermoen.
A deposit was paid and a search for flights was begun and booked with Norwegian Air flying from Dublin from the 1st to the 16th August 2019.
On the 20th July 2019 I left the bike at Overlanders shop and was immediately impressed with the whole operation, the bikes were put into racks and loaded onto trucks, one truck was already loaded ready to go and another was being loaded to go to Germany.
Farewell old friend we will meet again
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I decided to take the Transalp as it’s not a very fast bike because I had read on this website about the horrendous on the spot speeding fines in Norway. www.speedingeurope.com/norway/
Day 1
I arrived at Oslo airport on the 1st August and took the airport shuttle bus directly to the pick up point at one of the airport carparks.
And rode the short distance to the hotel I had booked for the night and boy was it hot
I booked into the hotel, I was advised that it was a cashless hotel ( only accepts cards ) and of course I was given the room furthest away from the lift, so with the sweat pumping out of me I humped all my gear to the room.
The design of the room was like a concrete bunker, with dark colours and a slit of a window looking onto the airport runway. ( If you are a light sleeper then ear plugs will be required )
After sorting out my stuff I went for a walk around the area, just hotels and carparks and a military museum, which only opened on some Saturdays.
I have always wanted to visit Norway but alas when the direct ferry from the UK to Norway was cancelled I thought that it was a country too far for my limited traveling time and I didn’t relish the thought of having to get 3 ferries from Ireland to Norway and the same back ( I’m not a great sailor ) and also 100’s of miles of boring motorway from Amsterdam to Hirtshals in Denmark.
But I happened to be surfing the internet when I came across www.overlanders.ie website and that they were doing a shipment of bikes to Norway at the beginning of August 2019.
So I telephoned the number and spoke to David who explained that I just need to bring my bike to the shop in Gorey, county Wexford and they would ship my bike plus all my camping gear and luggage to a pick up point close to Oslo airport at Gardermoen.
A deposit was paid and a search for flights was begun and booked with Norwegian Air flying from Dublin from the 1st to the 16th August 2019.
On the 20th July 2019 I left the bike at Overlanders shop and was immediately impressed with the whole operation, the bikes were put into racks and loaded onto trucks, one truck was already loaded ready to go and another was being loaded to go to Germany.
Farewell old friend we will meet again
]
I decided to take the Transalp as it’s not a very fast bike because I had read on this website about the horrendous on the spot speeding fines in Norway. www.speedingeurope.com/norway/
Day 1
I arrived at Oslo airport on the 1st August and took the airport shuttle bus directly to the pick up point at one of the airport carparks.
And rode the short distance to the hotel I had booked for the night and boy was it hot
I booked into the hotel, I was advised that it was a cashless hotel ( only accepts cards ) and of course I was given the room furthest away from the lift, so with the sweat pumping out of me I humped all my gear to the room.
The design of the room was like a concrete bunker, with dark colours and a slit of a window looking onto the airport runway. ( If you are a light sleeper then ear plugs will be required )
After sorting out my stuff I went for a walk around the area, just hotels and carparks and a military museum, which only opened on some Saturdays.