Wednesday, 8 June 2011

The Midnight Sun

Apparently the Arctic Circle is an imaginary line drawn round the earth at latitude 66.5 degrees north. This line represents the latitude at which, on the summer solstice, the sun will never make it below the horizon; even at midnight - hence the midnight sun. The druids would have had a field day!

A matter of priority

One day before our trip north of the arctic circle and Ah buys some shoes! Summer shoes! Perfect for the cold and snow!

The Plan

We fly out to Oslo tomorrow evening where we are spending a couple of days seeing friends and family and planning the week long epic drive to the North Eastern most tip of the country (where it borders with Russia).

Introduction

AH has just left the flat to go shoe shopping (typical!) and left me to set this blog up and to start packing. Although we want to try and update this on a daily basis, this will be on the basis that we can find wi-fi hotspots north of the arctic circle, which is by no means guaranteed!