[Originally posted by jasong4110]
skotten skrev:eeeey, nice one : )I often get folks from back home stopping by, and loads have done this trip, even one guy solo in a lightweight! (PM me your phone and email address and I will forward them on to him and hook you guys up)
Soulds like its going to be a sweet adventure. Dont worry about anything, you guys have pretty much got the cars sorted by the look of it. Even if you guys get to Copenhagen and realize that you have forgotten something, I am literally 15 minutes across the bridge from copenhagen airport, and dont mind bringing spares or tools before you guys get on the boat.
There are a couple of Expats on the Landrovernet forum that now live in Norway, super nice blokes, and everytime I have hit Norway, they have offered a bed to sleep in, which of course I will do as well!.
If the proverbial S hits the fan, we are far more concentrated in the south of course, but there is normally someone nearby that talks great english and have somewhere dry to drop a box or whatever. Typically the swedes are quite a reserved bunch, but I have found that not to be the case at all with the LR owners!, very approachable and always willing to help.
Here are a couple of links to road webcams, so you can see how far the winter is along here already : )
http://trafikinfo.trafikverket.se/LIT/# … iken/Karta (click on vaglagskameror)
http://www.webkameraerinorge.com/map/Finally, spend money on clothes and sleeping bags. Keep your wet gear seperate from your dry, and remember to keep drinking water when it starts to get cold and you guys are digging yourself out. Never work too hard that you sweat, and never warm your frozen hands on a fire, you wont feel yourself burning them.
Hi Tony,
Thanks for the reply, I will continue to post up our prep on here, I have finalised the route now so after we have reviewed it at the weekend I will post it up here for people to have a look. Everyone is now sorted out with the correct tyres, and truck prep is going well.
I think we all have good personal equipment, 3 of us are ex-military and understand the importance of looking after your equipment as it looks after you… We have also benefited from Nordic training so understand the risks and the do’s and dont’s.
A saying in the military and for this trip is ’failure to prepare is preparing to fail’, and we are not prepared to fail!!
I have been contact by several people from the Norwegian LR forum, offering us places to stay if things go wrong and numbers to call if we need help.
As you say the Land Rover community is a small one but a very helpful and friendly one.
Jason.
