Road Trip Glasgow to Kajaani (Finland) is on!

[Nj]

haha. damn right
Thankfully we've just avoided -31 and settled for a tropical -23 today
Today's the first day my son has complained about being cold. To be fair we were sledging and his face was numb. oops.

[repo]

Feels cozy, right?

http://www.mtv3.fi/saa/

Note to all unfamiliar with Finnish geography, Kajaani is just below the -31 in the middle of the map, if You choose 16.12. at 20.00...

[Nj]

to the Irish pub!!!!!!!!!!! (that curious occurrence in every town throughout the planet, the Irish pub. I wouldn't be surprised to find one in Basra)

[dm80]

Hard to get a decent pint of the black stuff here mate

I'll give you 2 weeks max, before you suss out an outlet of said draught blackstuff. Enjoy

[Nj]

cheers matey. Not sure as the dad in law just mentioned it before he went to bed so I haven't spoken to the wheel place or anything yet.

[s2_bo]

Glad to hear you got there ok.

Can the alloy not be welded?

[Nj]

yes you are I drove about that distance last summer (from here to Kuhmo without ferries) on my own and never felt more relaxed when I arrived.

haha. I asked for that. I do think my fekked stomach ulcer after several weeks freaking out about selling my house and quitting my job might have put me on edge. it's taken me a good week to chill out a bit since I got here

at some pint though

Freudian slip there neebs.. go on, have an extremely expensive beer

Hard to get a decent pint of the black stuff here mate but canned Guinness = medicine for me

[dm80]

at some pint though

Freudian slip there neebs.. go on, have an extremely expensive beer

[Henkjan]

Good you made it!

..... and we collapsed in the door with an extra 1500 miles on the car. It's not something I would want to consider doing by myself and even with 2 drivers it was tough enough going. Or maybe i'm just a big girl?

yes you are I drove about that distance last summer (from here to Kuhmo without ferries) on my own and never felt more relaxed when I arrived.

You are now in the region You can experience the arctic winter as it's most horrid and it's most charming. In the countryside on clear, full moon night when it so cold Your nosehair freeze, You may experience the silence You have never known to exist.

yep, until repo comes along with his car but otherwise, yes that kind of silence and true darkness is something we in this part of the world forgot it existed.

[Nj]

now that's a far pint sir.

On a side note I found what I thought was a slow puncture in one of the 18" tyres I'd fitted new before leaving. The dad in law took it down to the local place to get sorted and they sent him back saying there's a fine 3" crack in the wheel so it's fooked. brilliant. at least I have the 16s with snow tyres to keep me going to summer. I'll need to find a replacement at some pint though. basserd!!!

[andy10v]

I wasn't ware there was any serious doubt I'd actually make it. Oh dear. Legend of my driving skills precedes me

Driving skill aside there was some doubt whether or not you could make it without purchasing another coupe and then not surviving when you met your wife

[Nj]

Nice to hear you made it mate

I wasn't ware there was any serious doubt I'd actually make it. Oh dear. Legend of my driving skills precedes me

Nice to hear you made it mate

[Nj]

Glad to hear you made it safe and sound. Did you manage to buy any red coupes along the way?

alas no. I saw a silver RS2 in stockholm city centre but kept walking as I doubt it was for sale and doubt my missus would have appreciated me arriving with it

Welcome to the edge of the civilized world. You are now in the lands we call the wolven frontier.

You are now in the region You can experience the arctic winter as it's most horrid and it's most charming. In the countryside on clear, full moon night when it so cold Your nosehair freeze, You may experience the silence You have never known to exist.

But only until the wolves start their aria...

The deathstar You saw in Stockholm was Globen, an icehockey/event arena.

Like said, welcome.

Thanks mate. I spent a year in Oulu and experienced some serious nose freezing in February in Rovaniemi (-20 ish) but I've missed the quiet nights and clear skies.
That makes sense about the deathstar. I'm glad it has been put to use after Darth Vader was finished with it

its the silence and the space i noticed most whilst in norway, not finland.

driving at 150km for 15 minutes and not seeing another soul on the E6.

not a single sound at night. you can see the stars and not an orange glow from streetlights

i loved it.

there is about 20 minutes a night with no noise here i think. if we are lucky and no cars go missing or houses robbed or ********s doing whatever for that matter

Exactly my recollection of Glasgow mate. lying in bed listening to the relaxing sounds of some fukwit full of Buckfast kicking my wing mirrors off or perhaps gazing at the reflection of several million streetlamps reflecting off the low clouds and easyjet planes relaying new strains of venereal disease back and forward to Ibiza... Sucking in lungfulls of industrial fumes and dodging dog ****... ach I miss it

[GazzaG60]

its the silence and the space i noticed most whilst in norway, not finland.

driving at 150km for 15 minutes and not seeing another soul on the E6.

not a single sound at night. you can see the stars and not an orange glow from streetlights

i loved it.

there is about 20 minutes a night with no noise here i think. if we are lucky and no cars go missing or houses robbed or ********s doing whatever for that matter