A 2250 mile round trip to Helsinki. With a visit to Russia by train. The foreign office had advised us against taking our bikes across the border (with 10 years more experience i would not have listened)

A ferry would take us from Newcastle to Hamburg, Germany and we returned from Stavanger to Newcastle.

Sadly 2 ferries that do not operate any longer.

Lumberg Germany

Copenhagen, Denmark

Stockholm , Sweden

Helsinki, Finland

St Petersburg, Russia

Hermitage museum, St Petersburg

It's a 13 mile walk around it all

Jim stood guard

While I relaxed

I love high towers!! well I did till I went up this rusty relic

This was the main office.. someone said with the right credentials you can go to the top

and the top we did.... it was rotten, Olga and a smile

at least the view was good

The lift leaked and was also rotton...the whole lot had been made from melted down tanks

Then it was off to get lost on the tram, and lost we got

The good bits are very good

All this market sold was Russian dolls ..... Every stall hundreds of them

We arrive in style and we leave in style

It's back on the Helsinki - St. Petersburg express ..... First class Sir

Then through Sweden

Norway and the rain

Finally a night in Bergan