I travelled to the LOFOTEN ISLANDS in my LAND ROVER ( first break down )

In this video I'm going to be visiting the Lofoten Islands in Norway. We recently took the 2000 mile journey from the UK to far north Sweden in my 20 year old Land Rover Discovery which was an awesome experience. Stay along for the ride as we travel to some of the most beautiful places in Scandinavia but first the Lofoten Islands which is highly renowned for its beauty. I was very intrigued to find out what all the hype was about. After our journey to Karuna which is the most far north town in Sweden, we stayed there for a little while, did the Far Eamon Classic event which was insane and we are now on the road to the Lofoten Islands and we're going to be driving and touring around here for the next week or so until the bad weather comes and it's absolutely beautiful. It's so dramatic the landscape is insane and it's so quiet so I'm really really excited for the next week here that we have traveling around the Lofoten Islands. So the big draw for coming here to the Lofoten Islands was mainly because of a few certain things one being the scenery as you've already seen the massive dramatic mountains here and also that we're right on the sea so you've got the mountains, you've got the sea, you've got all these beautiful little fishing villages dotted along the shores with all the colorful red buildings and also there's a really cool viking museum that we're hoping to have a look at which has got all old viking artifacts and things like that. So overall it's just really beautiful it's diverse it's got a bit of everything and there's also a really cool cycle route that actually runs from England to here up to Cape Scott which is the top of Norway and it's a cycle route on the road but it runs through here but yeah if you like the outdoors this is definitely a place to come and explore. Lofoten is an archipelago in Norway which is a group of multiple islands interconnected. It's known for its dramatic landscape, beautiful fishing villages, deep fords and pristine sandy beaches. That was chilly. Good morning. Today is the first morning in the Lofoten islands and it is a beautiful day. Mountains surrounding us. Percy is ready to go. Gonna check his levels this morning. Usual routine, had a coffee, packed the tent away, breakfast, washed up everything, try to sort it out in the back as best as we can. I'm gonna check Percy's levels see how they're doing as we've recently had a coolant problem with a split hose but that's all been repaired now with good old black tape and cable ties and I'm gonna check the level see how they're doing and then we are going to be driving over an hour to this beautiful spot where I'm going to do a really cool hike up on the mountains. Gonna see how that goes. It's a beautiful day though and Percy's loving it. I'm loving it. The Lofoten islands are beautiful and I am very very pleased with coming here. I'm not disappointed in the slightest. So we've just been in Ica, Ica Superstore to head on to the Lofoten islands and we've got a severe problem. Coolant is completely empty. We've just come back to quite a big puddle on the floor. So yeah, this really wasn't what I was hoping for. The whole coolant reservoir was empty due to a split hose that had been resting on the steering column for however long. Was this the end of our arctic trip as we knew it and how are we getting home? These were the questions that were running through my mind. So after a while of looking, Jake has found where the leak is coming from. So this is the first major problem I've had with Percy since owning him. It's a little bit worrying. It's gonna get sorted. It's just been a long time coming I think. But yeah, what a simple mistake. Out comes the coolant tank. I've got a better view of getting to this pipe here. So the current situation is getting another bottle of coolant because it literally did one whole bottle in about 10 minutes. The leak is really severe. Maybe try find a hose, a new hose replacement or even order one. But that just means we've got to be stuck in one place waiting around for a part. So I'm just going to see how this repair goes with the tape and the cable ties. Thanks to Jake's amazing mechanical skills, he figured out the problem and fixed it and even taught me a few skills in the process. I say fixed it, it was a very semi-permanent fixture of just cable ties and black tape until we got home and were able to order the parts when we got there instead of waiting around for it to be shipped. Even the locals were kind enough to give us a helping hand. Anyway, back to present day. The fixture held up perfectly and got us to the We kept an eye on the temperature gauge and regular level checks. I'm just so glad it didn't ruin the rest of our trip. Right, so we're now setting off for Fredvang where we're going to be doing a little bit of a mountain walk. Today is beautiful, we're going to have some stunning views and hopefully it stays like this. I know it's been a long time since you heard from me I'm still kicking around here in Tennessee I heard you got a new place, I heard you got a new job I heard you got a haircut and it looks real nice Are you ever lonely? Do you ever think of me? I heard you got a new name, I hope it treats you right And before you toss this letter away, there's something... Good morning, yes it is another morning. We went to do the hike yesterday that we had planned and it was basically up a mountain and onto a beach. We're going to do a beach camp, that was the plan. I was really looking forward to it but unfortunately it's quite busy when it comes to tourists here. All the trailhead car parks were full up and it was really hard to get space and we thought sod it let's not go to a beach that's going to look like just a normal campsite. It's going to be so busy we thought. So in the end we left and that was yesterday and today we've looked at a different route that we're going to do and I'm really looking forward to it. It's another mountain walk and it's just going to be like Munro bagging really and just getting a nice walk whilst we're in the Lofton Islands because we will be leaving it in the next couple of days. So the weather's nice, I'm going to get a coffee on, start the day like we mean to go on and I'm looking forward to it, it's going to be ace. Right so like I mentioned before we are heading north now up through the Lofton Islands. We reach quite far south of the Lofton Islands. Right at the bottom of the islands is a town called A or however you pronounce it and we didn't quite get there but we got just before there at Fredvang and we were going to walk to this beautiful beach but obviously that didn't happen. The coolant issue seems to be okay now thanks to good old black tape and cable ties. Bodge jobbed it. Setup's really great. I think it does make it really difficult with two of us in such a small vehicle with so much kit because we've brought hiking backpacks, bike packing bags, my bike, bushcraft stuff so it is quite challenging at points trying to organise everything especially when it's wet and it's raining. But it is beautiful, it's a lovely country. It's so so lovely. I don't know what I was expecting to see here. I don't think I had any expectations. I've had such a beautiful year, seen some amazing places. Obviously started off in Scotland in my Land Rover when it was literally basic. It was literally just living out the back of it. I didn't have all the stuff I have on now, all the external stuff. Especially the roof tent, that's a lifesaver. So I was inside a lot of the time and it was hard especially with the snow and the cold. So I was there and then I did the Badger Divide route. That was early in the spring in Scotland. Then I've obviously been to Canada and now here. So I've had such an amazing year, seen some beautiful places. Obviously the trip's not done yet here. We want to head over to Sweden again. I feel like Sweden had a real wild feel that the Lofton Islands here are missing. So we wanted to head back there. I wasn't massively expecting much from Lofoten. Although multiple people said it's a must visit. I was a little let down with how touristy the place was. Don't get me wrong, it's insanely beautiful. But it wasn't wild if you know what I mean. Hello you beautiful people. We have now set off on the hike to do the mountain Memora. It is very very warm now. There's a nice sort of trodden path with some rocks and stuff to walk over. So it's a nice maintained path up to the mountain which is always nice. Yeah looking forward to getting to the top. Hopefully having some nice views over the Lofton Islands. That will be insane if we're lucky. We are now in complete whiteout. It is pretty crazy. And we're just making a scramble up to the summit and then head ourselves back down. And here we are. We made it to the summit of this beautiful mountain. We can't see much views but you just see the sea right down there shimmering through a little bit of an opening. So we are all set up now as you can see. The roof tents up, the awning's out and we have got sweet potato mash and these little Norwegian meatball things that we bought yesterday from one of the stores locally. It's the most beautiful park up. It's down this little track and then into this sort of sand dune sort of area. There is chance of the northern lights tonight. I've got an app on my phone and alerts come on when there's a big chance of seeing the northern lights in the area. We both had such a beautiful day and it was a lovely mountain to climb. But I think we're going to stay here for the next couple of nights because it is such a beautiful park up. We did a few more days in Norway before heading back to Sweden. The winter was creeping ever closer and the beautiful autumn colours revealed themselves. Lofoten was gorgeous but I was truly excited to explore these tracks that lead deep into the wilderness in Sweden. So as you can probably now tell we have left the Loften Islands and we are back in Sweden, far north Sweden. We came back about two nights ago just for a change of pace, a change of scenery and because we were really drawn to Sweden and Sweden's wilderness and how I think it's more accepting to go sort of on gravel tracks away from the main road and there's park ups and it's just more set up for wild campers I feel like and for trucks and things like that. So we've come back and we've been greeted by the northern lights last night which was insane, amazing. We had it on our bucket list to come and do that whilst we were here and then we've had this beautiful sunset. The bugs are in full swing, they're rife. Considering it was three degrees last night I'm surprised there are still bugs out because the temperature has just plummeted and the trees are starting to turn yellow all around us. But anyway we've arrived at our park up, we're gonna get some food on, potentially a fire and enjoy this beautiful evening that we've been given. Well we have come to the end of another video. 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