This trip is hopefully the first stage of a three part trip covering Europe from Nordkapp (the North Cape) to Sicily; it would be nice to do the whole journey in a single adventure, but there is no way I can get the time required away from work.

The original plan was to cover Scandinavia from Nordkapp to Copenhagen with a long stretch along Sweden's east coast. However, safety concerns resulted in a hastily arranged detour along Finland's west coast.  If you are planning a similar trip read how and why here.

I found the average of about 100 miles a day tough going at times, there are some long steepish climbs early on and even the later 'flatter' areas undulate steeply with infuriating regularity.

However, the weather was better than I expected (the North gets quite cold later on in the day) with only three really wet days. 

In fact my memory will be mainly of glorious sunshine and, another pleasant surprise, the wind blowing North to South for a good few days when I needed it (as evidenced by the grim determination on the faces of the cyclists heading the other way.)

	Route	Date	Distance	Total
	Nordkapp to Honningsvåg	24/06/05	70 KM	70 KM
	Honningsvåg to Alta	25/06/05	215 KM	285 KM
	Alta to Kautokeino	26/06/05	137 KM	422 KM
	Kautokeino to Muonio	27/06/05	156 KM	578 KM
	Muonio to Överkalix	28/06/05	218 KM	796 KM
	Överkalix to Pithea	29/06/05	155 KM	951 KM
	Pithea to Mickelträsk	30/06/05	178 KM	1129 KM
	Mickelträsk to Vaasa	01/07/05	64 KM	1193 KM
	Vaasa to Meri-Pori	02/07/05	207 KM	1400 KM
	Meri-Pori to Stockholm	03/07/05	163 KM	1563 KM
	Stockholm to Katrineholm	04/07/05	151 KM	1714 KM
	Katrineholm to Vadstena	05/07/05	152 KM	1866 KM
	Vadstena to Hestra	06/07/05	155 KM	2021 KM
	Hestra to Angelholm	07/07/05	183 KM	2204 KM
	Angelholm to Københaven	08/07/05	86 KM	2290 KM