Last day of van fun!



With the last fun of the van fast approaching the final night was sat out watching the midnight sun while being schooled in monopoly deal by Lindsey and then by Fi and then waking up to what felt like a roasting in a tin can and excitedly heading tto the beach for a morning swim. Which was notably cooler this morning and more ice bath. 3 in and outs with about 20 strokes each way 


It was back for breakfast  and the standard question from Fi, anyone want an orange?

Response.....hhhmmmmm

Anyone want some orange if i peel it?

Response.... Yes please

The beauty of travel buddies to peel.your oranges!


Seriously how do you rotate this chair.....I felt the video with me chuckling is a little cruel.


The chairs are rotated many times in the day, sometimes successfully all the way often a defeated hybrid halfway house. At the end of the day they need to be returned to driving position to allow the jigsaw of the third bed to constructed which by the final day we probably had achieved degree level with few ropey GCSE NVQ and ALevel set ups along the way.


A full clean repack and drop off of the van and we were off on our jet plane to Oslo the capital. 

We negotiated a combination of public transport modes, checked in and ventured out for night cap.


About 100M out of our hotel were the police so we dutifully crossed the road stepped over the syringes 💉 and wished we were back in the Nordland

However we were very excited to see it going dark!



Classic statements/questions

Look its going dark

Its so 😍 beautiful

Troll.....generally said at any rock with a vague bump

How long is the tunnel

How do you swing the chair

Which way should we sleep....too lazy to chock

What does the flame mean 

Wow look at that

What to wear

What shall we do

Whats the speed limit

Ooops speeding

What does this button do

How does the handbrake work

How hot (cold is it!) Is it?

What time is it?


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