Wednesday, 05 May 2010 00:00 Last Updated on Thursday, 20 May 2010 23:37 Written by Billy van Graan

We decided to skip the whole coast area of Norway (very disappointed about this) and head back across to the Swedish east coast where weather seemed to be a bit better than in Norway. It was still cold but most importantly it wasn't snowing. After a week of sitting and waiting we needed to move again. Anywhere. Plus my visa was starting to run out of time.

It was a long and cold 550km ride but also a beautiful one. And for the first time we could really get a feel for how many trees there are in Sweden. In sections of the forests everything was still frozen and iced and even though I had special covers for my hands and I ducked tape closed every possible whole that would let air in I still had to stop every 100km because some of my fingers went completely numb. Otherwise the weather was good and it didn't rain or snow all the way.



In Sundsvall we stayed with Peter and Karin in their very beautiful flat with stunning view of Sundsvall. Peter and Karin both work in radio and will get married later this year. In Sundsvall we just walked around the town center and looked around for a new pair of gloves for me because my normal bike gloves just won't cut it if we go even more north and into the Arctic Circle. We found a pair and they cost a small fortune but hopefully they keep me warm.

We also walked around in the forest on the hill on the edge of town and then one night joined Karin for a while at her choir practice.

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Biking  Cape 2 Cape  Sweden