Well done for finishing the EE2E......
I have not fared so well.... I am sitting in a hotel in Stockholm at the moment and it took me 23 hours to get here.
High ambient temps in the middle of the non dark night, a cracking thunderstorm meant taking refuge at one petrol stop for a good half hour!
Although I also suffered from aggravating my back, probably when putting the RT on the mainstand, although I didn't feel it at the time I now have a muscle that keeps going into spasm and making life difficult.... and yes Ibuprofen helps but it keeps coming back when riding and makes things difficult.
That however is not my main reason for knocking the ride on the head.... it was fatigue.... the hot weather in Norway for the last week has been great and has meant consuming large amounts of water, much of it from my Camelbak!
Despite sleeping reasonably well before starting and enjoying most of the long ride down to Stockholm, it was in the early hours that I suddenly felt desperately tired, it took three separate stops to find enough rest to continue.... I was pleased to get here, but knew in myself that my biggest failure had been in poor personal preparation for the ride.....
Not enough to get my self ready for this insanity level ride.... and I did not expect Norway to be so hot that a mesh jacket I packed was needed every day, which of course meant drinking more water.
It was a frustrating moment calling my wife to tell her I had decided that I was knocking it on the head and would need to cancel my forward bookings and plan a route home from here.
I enjoyed my long planned tour up through Norway and especially enjoyed meeting everyone at Trollstiggen and dinner at the hotel!
Not sure if I will get another crack at the EE2E, but who knows what is around the corner!
One high point of my whole Norway tour has been seeing 74 miles per gallon out of a 1250RT...... and between 64 to 70mpg over most of the trip! Until this morning of course when normal service was resumed due to Sweden having a more liberal approach to speed limits!
What I shall not miss is the eyewatering cost of fuel in Norway at around £10.23 per gallon on average!