CB500X - Solo Norway trip Part 24 - Off to Santa Claus village
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- This is Part 24 of my trip continuing the journey through Norway, I didn't sleep well and found myself doing some laundry at 4am, then went back to bed and slept until 9am. I had a leisurely ride encountering reindeer along the way and it was a very very straight tree lined road to Rovaniemi where a short bus ride takes you to the Santa Claus village… I was under strict instructions that if I visited the village I was to ensure I picked up a Christmas tree bauble (my wife collects them from countries we've visited, and as she has visited Finland this one counts too). I found a great campsite at Rovaniemi - expensive at 36 Euros per night but nicely located and well equipped and visited the village on a rest day… but… was Santa at home? You'll have to watch to the end to find out
The whole journey took me through the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and into Norway right the way up to Nordkapp, the furthest point you can travel by motorcycle or car in mainland Europe and then back through Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France over a 7 week period late May - mid July 2023
I am back in the UK now, but please do add your comments and I'll get back to you.
Hoping you can "Like" the video, as this does help the channel.
All my best wishes, thanks again for watching
Nick
CB500X 2022 model
Hepco & Becker Tank bars
Rally Raid CB500X 2019-on Engine Guard-RRP 747
SW Motech Footrest Kit
R&G Kickstand Shoe-RRP 474
Outback Motortek Pannier rack and Rear rack (including exhaust heat shield)
Metzeler Tourance Next tyres
SW-Motech dry bag (60 litres)
Lomo dry bag motorcycle waterproof panniers -soft
Oxford tank bag (need to use rain cover in heavy rain)
Garmin Zumo XT GPS device
Rally Raid Billet Multi-Mount for 12mm (1/2") Crossbar - part number RRP 643
GoPro Hero 10 (helmet mounted)
Adhesive universal helmet mount for GoPro
Purple Panda microphone (helmet mounted)
Sonicake wireless microphone (walking about)
Insta360 X3
DJI mini 3 Drone
Vango Tryfan 300 (3 person tent)
Sea to Summit Camp Plus Self Inflating Camping Mat
Trekology air bag (topping up mat inflation)
SLAAPLEKKER 800 Goose down mummy sleeping bag
Eurohike sleeping bag liner
Trekology Aluft pillow
Cyberlink PowerDirector 365 - video editing
RST textile jacket
RST textile trousers (slight seepage in crutch area in heavy rain)
TCX Airtech 3 Gore-tex boots
Nolan 80 helmet
Worth the watch just to see those crazy ungulates. Someone sent me a video of a moose wandering around their garden in New Hampshire recently and I had the same thoughts then. They look like cartoon animals come to life!! So ungainly and stoopid it is amazing they are real and not made up. Makes me smile to see them.
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Hi Nick and greetings from Finland! We have been watching your videos and by so far you have done the best motorcyclevideos in TH-cam. We like your sense of humour and easy going attitude towards travelling with motorbike. Unfortunately Finland is quite flat comparing to Norway, yes we know that :D Hoping to see your journeys in future as well. Best wishes, Heli and Kai
That is so kind of you to say! Yes, my route through Finland had very different scenery to Norway, but it was still enjoyable. The people I met were very friendly and after all, Santa Claus must live there for good reason too 😊
Nick
Some times you just have to make time and get though the dull places of a ride and you’re correct; if you haven’t been there, you never know what’s waiting around the next bend in the road. At least the day wasn’t a total wash out. Looking forward to seeing the next episode. Cheers, Jim
HI Jim, yep, although there seemed to be very few bends in this stretch 😁
Nick
I love your work Nick, please keep them coming
Many thanks!
Nick
Hi Nick you've had so much good luck with the weather with very little rain and most of the time empty roads how I long for that.Have you taken any cooking equipment or is that you prefer to buy food and drink as and when you can.
Yes, I was REALLY lucky with the weather and roads. I took a simple stove and gaz canisters so I could boil water for coffee, porridge and the odd food packet, but not much else. Many thanks for the comment and question.
Nick
Almost looked like you could have been riding through a part of the US in this week's episode. I noticed the last 3 or 4 weeks that the muffled sound had been much better - don't know if you tried my suggestion of reducing the bass and increasing the mids a little in an EQ during editing? This week for some reason it went back again. So, dunno if that is just coincidence or whether you'd been adjusting the last 3 or 4 weeks and this week not?
Many thanks for the info and comment. I think the raw capture was worse than usual (road speeds were higher and I think I may have knocked the mic), and yes, thanks for the suggestions, still trying to figure out the best settings.
Nick
36 Euro for a campsite. That's what I usually pay for a bed in a pub here in Oz. Tell you what I would have considered wild camping when it gets THAT expensive. Probably because of the Santa Claus fame.
Expensive yes. but seeing Santa made it all worthwhile 😁
Nick
Hey. This is my hometown's campsite, and very popular in the summer. I think that's why they have this price. Hardly because of Santa Claus, but because of the sleepless night and other things.
And Nick, reindeer on the road for the same reason - mosquitoes - they run out of the forest to escape them, and also cooler on a hot summer day.
Sorry Nick but I'm really struggling to hear the commentary whilst you're riding .
Yep, watched this episode on my laptop and it was far better than my main TV, so watched on another TV and it was better but still not great. I'm a bit stuck with what I've got, hopefully next one is better all round
Nick
Is this deflector working good? No wind noise in the helmet? How tall are you?
Hi, I am 183cm, the deflector is adjustable and where I have it set makes the air hit just above the visor. It is an improvement to the standard but I am still aware of windnoise in my Nolan 80 helmet which you can hear on the videos.
Nick
@@bikingtravels Actually wind noise in the microphone is not present much. You just talk too quietly. ;)
Thanks for info. So, for my 175cm standard screen with deflector should be quite OK.
Sorry Nick but I found this boring…..needs more interesting content, places of interest, less highway riding….etc plus clearer audio wit less muttering
Fair comments, thanks for letting me know, I appreciate you letting me know.
Nick
These are day-by-day travel records. Anyone who decides to travel for 7 weeks must expect that it will be a lot of boredom.
Let this be a warning to those who think it will be like in a TH-cam video, sunny beaches and beautiful views. Nick shows how it really is - flies, rain, inconvenience to reach the destination.
As in the words of a certain song, "W życiu piękne są tylko chwile" - "There are only beautiful moments in life."
If you are looking for adrenaline, I recommend: th-cam.com/video/zkbroiszAuo/w-d-xo.html
Hi Nick, i didn’t think it was at all boring!! But then again I don’t have attention deficit disorder.
If you don’t find it interesting then no one is forcing you to watch. Move on. One person’s boring is another person’s perfectly OK. Plenty of adrenaline junk on YT 😂 I have no issues with the audio through a decent tablet.
@@MV-XD2 As Nick said himself “Fair comments”!