Neuschwanstein castle
Neuschwanstein castle
  • Everything is awesome again
    • 22/07/2017
A bit of sunshine and some long freewheels and why would you want to be anywhere else?
Camped on the sand of a beach by a lake with a campfire, a load of friendly Norwegians and swedes have just packed up their kayaks and strawberries and left me in peace

Previously...

Road clings to contour on the side of the valley, gently climbing or falling...
Pine trees along both sides of road so you can't see the epic views!!

Knutts. The Norwegian midges.
Bcos they will do your fking nut in!

Deer barking on the hillside behind me.
Tent is poised overlooking the lake, on a little spur hidden from the road, not that there's any traffic here, seen more boats go past on the lake than cars

Water super clear. Fisherman catching actual fish.

So today this spot is epic... And here come the midges... But today I've got a system. And its dry weather.
And I've got a new spray can of whoopass midge repellent.
And we are golden. Did take the shine off my delicious fried steak and peppers but it was worth it.

Morning update, all good

Gravel tracks through forest, lots of flowers, single rail track accompanies road and river, hydro dams
Another Norwegian guy with a classic motorbike, off to a meet in Denmark.
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In a graveyard (stopping for water), rows and rows of the same names, really a history of this community is here to read.
And then the dates, many from the same generation clustered together, again like a chunk of the DNA of the village, like a layer in rock, like the rings on a tree.
The people who carved out the rock, cleared the fields,


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