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During my second day along the The European Divide Trail I find myself riding through the very sparsely populated Lapland area. It’s basically me and the reindeer. The only service is about 120 km away from where I camped during the first night, so the goal is to make it there before the Supermarket closes in the evening. And after that start looking for a great wild camping spot, preferably along a Finnish lake.
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Always inspiring Mike!
You are such a great inspiration. Keep up the good work & happy riding
Another excellent video and looked like plenty of good snacks. Thanks and take care, Al
Great video Mike, what were the temperatures like ??
Do you have reason why your bikes fork is wrong way round lol?
Wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon whilst trying to raise the gusto to go out for a bike ride. hope the airbed holds out!
Good luck with your journey!
There is a lot to learn from your "European Devde" tour. I'm planning the same route for next year, because I'm already too late for this year!? What I mean is that you mentioned the period "early in the season" before the mosquitoes take over! What period is officially meant by 'early', given the time it takes to safely cross all the Scandinavian countries by bike before the mosquitoes get busy, and still be able to enjoy relatively nice – not cold and rainy weather? I think that will be April, May and early June, but it would be very helpful if you explain that in your video because, as you said, very few people have ridden that route and so far no one has given any practical instructions and advice on the timing, the right equipment and clothing for the crossing through Scandinavia!
Thanks, Finland is beautiful !
The mosquitos don't really enjoy themselves on a sandy pine tree forest like that next to a big lake. There's not much standing water for them to lay their eggs because the terrain soaks all the water and the big lake is waving constantly. You're pretty guaranteed to have a great time at that spot anytime in summer.
Mike, do you eat enough during that trip? If I did 130km/day one of these ready to eat packages would not be enough…. And in a finish supermarkets I would not only head for fazer chocolate but also for the many fish dishes they have. As a Swede it is probably nothing special for you, but for us from Centraleurope (Austria) it is just amazing! Thank you for the great video. Kiitos/Tack sa mycket. Hope to be in Inari this winter.
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Inari to Näätämö is most beautiful road in Finland, thanks the video👍
Thanks, very beautiful video! We look forward to the continuation of your journey
Another beautiful ride Mike, Finland is stunning also👌
It is so safe and calm to bike. Really nice.
What a beautiful part of the world! These are places that I may never see in person. Thanks for sharing it with us, Mike! Safe travels!
It is so great that you are back with new videos – and I was pleased to see that you just keep improving the quality of your content. Good work, keep calm, keep pedalling, and sharing your adventures with us. I also like that you were cycling across Finnish Lapland. One of the best places for bikepacking, scenary, campings spots, clean water, etc. – assuming that you can deal with the mosquitoes …
Hi Mike, another outstanding video – Part 2 – of your Divide Trail. You're a man after my own heart of picking out all those great chocolate snacks, etc. 🙂
Enjoy your stay in Finland, Suomi. Safe travels.
Yes a lot of mosquitos there up in north, though I've heard the Dala-river in Central-Sweden can be even worse. There they have used biological control agent, spread from the helicopters
we don't have mosquitoes in England, do we? I haven't seen any.
Great video and info! You certainly got a primo spot to camp on the lake! See you in the next one!
I got bitten to blazes at about the same latitude in Norway. It was mid June and the mosquitos were nowhere near their worst, but plenty enough to be troublesome.
I'm loving these adventures. Imagine my surprise when your video popped up… and I thought hang on a minute…is this Mike from the Ryan Van Dusters Swedish adventure?? The trip looks amazing and Finland does too… maybe one day I'll do something like this.
Thank you, Mike. Really enjoying your journey.
Hi, great video! As a fellow unit owner I would love to know which rack you are using and maybe see a dedicated video on your setup, greetings from Spain!
That Ortlieb frame bag is great, I have same one in 4L size. The roll top makes it so much easier to get to the gear inside, and it it waterproof👍 Enjoying the new series, Mike. Takes me to places I may never get the opportunity to travel to.
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Why did you turn your fork?
Livin the dream mike, looked like a quiet peaceful ride with lovely scenery as usual. 👍🇮🇪