Wednesday 24th May 2014

When we woke up this morning we were surprised to find a Polish registered van parked a couple of metres from ours. There is a very large parking area here - this picture only shows a small part of it. I guess cultural differences about personal space might account for this!?

We continued north up the E6 seeing two more mooses and literally countless reindeer along the way.

We stopped at the town of Mosjoen to buy groceries and drinks as well as taking on fresh water. Here is the view as we crossed the Korgan Pass which can be missed if you take the new tunnel under the mountain.

We went through interminable road works - really very slow and bumpy in places!

Eventually after a very long and really quite hard journey we reached the Norwegian Arctic Circle Centre and parked for the day. For anyone who is unfamiliar with the concept of the Arctic Circle, it is the southernmost latitude at which the sun does not set on the longest day of the year and does not rise on the shortest day of the year.

The place is a horrendous tourist trap kitted out to sell all kinds of overpriced nick nacks but luckily it was closed when we arrived. Perhaps we'll have a look inside tomorrow - it will be open at 9.00.

We are at about 700 metres above sea level. There are big snow drifts all around. We watched Manchester United beat Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 in the Europa League Final in Stockholm on a German TV channel called Sport 1. You can only pick up satellite TV at this latitude if there is a clear view to the south as the satellite is low down close to the horizon.

Today we traveled 155 miles (250 kilometres). We are at N66.55881 E15.37692