Regular MSL writer Anthony Wood wrote this article in 2019. In September 2021, he was involved in an accident, and killed on his bike. Our condolences go out to his family, and we reproduce the story here to honour Anthony’s memory.
Nordkapp, at the top of Norway, has increasingly become a destination for adventurous bikers. Lying inside the Arctic Circle, it’s the most northerly point in Europe, and in June 2019 I had a 14-day window to do it in. I set myself two goals: to reach Nordkapp on the longest day and ride the last 1000 miles in less than 24 hours, all of them in daylight.
Day 1
Leaving Le Shuttle, I rode the 600 miles to Berlin. I had ridden this route many times in the past going back to the 1980s when it was necessary to obtain a transit visa to ride through the former East Germany to West Berlin. Fortunately, borders have moved on since then, and so has the state of the
