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Honningsveg, Norway

Day Zero 16 miles 1481 ft

I knew this was going to be a real challenge but having finally arrived here in Nordkapp the distance is very real as we are 2170 miles from Calais driving for 49 hours out of 70!

Well we have really lucked in, as the weather here has been incredible for the whole drive up through Scandinavia, and the locals have said that this is only the second day this year that it has reached 20 degrees. We are after all 400 miles inside the Arctic Circle and did not think for a minute that T Shirt and shorts were to be the order of the day. 

As Nordkapp, just like Lands End costs a fortune to get in and is open from 11am to 1am, we had to get there today or wait, so the ride started in bright sunlight at 9pm this evening, with a short hours ride to the campsite but with plenty of hills to get me started. 

   
 
Here are the compulsory shots at Nordkapp surrounded by hoards of elderly German tourists, who had been bussed up from their cruise liner anchored nearby. 

  
I had to take this shot from the top of one climb with the sun setting over a fjord  A-MAZ-ING. 

Tomorrow more climbs and a tunnel under the sea await

Thank you to all those who have been so generous so far as the total raised for charity now exceeds £2000, if you have not yet been able to do so please use the links under charity partners for either BBC Children in Need, or The Alzheimer’s Society.  

Hopefully next update tomorrow.