Although the snow can lie right next to the roads , they are dry , salted and easy to ride . And what a spectacular sight !
The tour was arranged by Angela Bruce from the NZ based adventure riding company By the Backroads , Michael Becker , a Kiwi living in Denmark , and me , his Danish partner Pernille . The 18-day tour wound its way from Sweden to Norway and through Denmark . All-in-all some 3300km of flat farmland and snowy mountains , with a dozen ferries from small cable ferries to ocean-going liners .
A TRIBUTE TO MIKE BRITTON The idea of a Scandinavian tour started in 2019 over dinner in Greece , where the late Mike Britton and his wife Angela over dinner asked
Michael if he would be interested in planning a tour around Scandinavia , since he was moving from NZ to Denmark . Being adventurous , Michael was immediately keen on the idea , but then Covid hit . Despite the untimely death of Mike in 2023 , Michael and Angela agreed the tour had to become a reality , not least as a tribute to Mike and his long life as an adventurer and tour leader .
PICKING UP THE HIRE BIKES So , the year after , we met up in Germany for the start of the adventure . Since it is not possible to rent motorcycles without a Scandinavian driving licence in Scandinavia , the tour had to start out
The happy group getting their bikes at the motorcycle rental and gearing up to go . The excitement is noticeable .
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