Fjords of Norway

Days 1-2 (27-28 August 2010) London, Stavanger, Preikestolen The shuttle bus from the airport to Stavanger is running slightly late. It's a mild hiccup at 01.00 after a late Friday night flight from Gatwick. Norway redeems itself as the bus driver takes a detour just so he can politely drop me off outside my hotel! I wake a few hours later and Tonny, a mate from Copenhagen, meets me for breakfast. There's no time to waste so we jump straight into the rental car and work our way east towards Lysefjorden. It's a hilly, green landscape with water everywhere and actually reminds me of Wales....

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Train Trip 2oo4

In 2004, a university amigo (Robert "Cruise" Brooks) and I decided to embark on a 16 day trip around Europe. The plan was to see as much as possible of Europe that neither of us had seen. There was one rule: It had to include Russia. We tested all kinds of routes around Europe and the one that gave us the most diverse journey was a train trip through Scandinavia into Russia and finally ending in Latvia. Looking back, we tried to fit far to much into one trip, but that's what made it so much fun. It's also the trip that created my interest in photography and travelling. For those interested,...

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