2800 miles across 4 countries in an EV....

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I know some people on this forum LOVE EVs ;).

End of July we did a 2800 miles trip in our 5 year EV that has roughly the same range/charging speed as a RZ. 

We took, a dozen ferries, Atlantic Highway most northerly point, and I cannot wait for next summer to go do the Swiss Alps/Italian lakes to compare/remind my self of which is route is better :).

Day 1: Harwich to Hook of Holland -> Denmark. 386 miles, mainly M-ways, ended up just within Denmark.

Day 2: Drive to Copenhagen for a 3pm Ferry to Osol - 201 miles. Potential interesting sights on the way, but we were rushing because we had a cabin upgrade with a view + lots of ‘free’ beer/wine.

Day 3: Oslo to Dombas, 200 miles. Could have stayed longer in Oslo but wanted to get near the Fjords. Did stop at Lillehammer

Day 4: Dombas to Kristiansund, 100 miles. This what we came for, even in the rain and clouds you could tell Norway is NOT the UK. 

 

Did the Atlantic highway 3 times, amazing road at 5am with zero traffic, tourist trap at midday 🙂

Day 5-10: Essentially spend around Trollstigen and the surrounding fjords in a lovely AirB&B, anywhere we drove was amazing with stuff to do. 

I went up and down Trollstigen 5-6 times in all kind of conditions, 6am in the rain and not seeing another car for about 1hr, in the middle of the day passing cyclists/caravans, ascending to the top when it was cloud covered was probably the most memorable. 

Geiranger fjord and the surrounding areas was amazing, lovely roads, ferries, dramatic landscapes :

 

 

Day 11: Leaving the Fjords to Oslo stopping about 1hr away from the port. 200 miles of still lovely mountains before the flat lands of Oslo appeared.

Day 12: Overnight ferry from Oslo to Cophengagen than driving to Bremen. 163 miles.

Day 13: Bremen to Amastedam outskirts, 215 miles, rest day from all the walking in Norway.

Day 14-15: Spent in Amsterdam with no driving before getting the Ferry back to the UK from Hook of Holland. Amsterdam tried hard to compete with Norway, and our ferry back lovely, but Norway still wins overall.

Overall an amazing trip - pretty close to being the best holiday ever for us.

We had 6 people + in luggage in the car for the entire Norway leg, I will openly confess I have lost the ‘love’ of driving in the UK, especially mundane day to day city commuting stuff, but on an European road trip, this is why we all love our cars on here…..A/L is already booked for Swiss Alps + Italian lakes for August 2023 :).

 

[Herbie]

Some beautiful places there my friend, glad you enjoyed it all.

[Malc]

did you pinch some piccys from the latest Fred Olsen cruise brochure 

 ............ lovely trip ...  the Italian Dolomites should be good too if you get that side of Italy in 2023

Malc

[Mr Vlad]

Looks like it was an outstanding trip and in a favoured EV. How many times did you stop to charge your car or was it charged over night?

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On 8/6/2022 at 5:22 PM, Mr Vlad said:

Looks like it was an outstanding trip and in a favoured EV. How many times did you stop to charge your car or was it charged over night?

The longer legs were charged enroute when we stopped for a break/lunch - usually after 2-3hrs of driving.

The shorter/at the accommodation I could have charged overnight, but I actually used 'needing to go and charge' as a reason to go driving at 5am :).

This was the view from a Tesla SC about 10 minutes away from the accommodation.  

Getting out early meant I literally had these amazing roads 100% empty totally to my self.....Driving heaven, no other words for it.