Author: Chris Bounds

We didn’t always follow the recommended paths, but this is where we went!

I’m writing this as our time in Shetland comes to an end, and while we are happy to be moving on to our next adventure, there is a sense that we are leaving a...

We wanted to travel north in Norway, but we knew we would not have enough time to go as far as the Arctic Circle, so our furthest north in this trip was Trondheim; but...

We are on the train to Trondheim, passing through Norway’s central range, past all the visual cliches that one associates with Scandinavia. Forests, chocolate box farms, summer-struck ski slopes, beautiful lakes and glacier-coloured streams...

I’m still making up my mind about Stockholm, although I’m reserving judgement on Sweden until we can visit and travel a but further afield. My response may be somewhat swayed by the fact that...

In keeping with the odd history of Finland, and indeed much of Scandinavia, the fortress island that guards the entrance of the harbour and really controls much of the deep water channels along the...