Today I finished reading “Blood Music” by Greg Bear
Archives for 1988
Listening – Strangeways, Here We Come
This week I am listening to “Strangeways, Here We Come” by The Smiths
Read – A Sound of Thunder
Today I finished reading “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury
Walking to Norway – Epilogue
I am back at my parents’ house in Wales.
Feeling very disheartened still.
Well, college starts next week. On to my next adventure.
Read – The Mill on the Floss
Today I finished reading “The Mill on the Floss” by George Eliot
Day #113 – Walking to Norway – Hamburg, Germany
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Miles walked today: 0
Total miles: 1197
Notes: Norway. Maybe next year.
Read – Akira, Vol. 3
Today I finished reading “Akira, Vol. 3” by Katsuhiro Otomo
Day #112 – Walking to Norway – Hirtshals, Denmark
Location: Hirtshals, Denmark
Miles walked today: 0
Total miles: 1197
Notes: 2AM local time. Just got off a call with Mikhael. He’s driving up pick me up and take me back his flat in Hamburg.
Listening – Earth, Sun, Moon
This week I am listening to “Earth, Sun, Moon” by Love and Rockets
Studying – Higher National Diploma Computer Science
This month I am studying “Higher National Diploma Computer Science”
This is to be the 1st month of what I estimate to be 20 months of full-time study.
I will be continuing my Tang-Soo Do karate (24th month), though I intend to reduce it back to five days a week and only four hours per day.
Right now I am stuck in Hirtshals. CompSci HND starts in a fortnight. So I have time to get back home to the UK and get myself ready.
Day #111 – Walking to Norway – Hirtshals, Denmark
Location: Hirtshals, Denmark
Miles walked today: 0
Total miles: 1197
Notes: I have got enough money for one more hotel night or a ferry ticket. I am in tears.
Day #110 – Walking to Norway – Hirtshals, Denmark
Location: Hirtshals, Denmark
Miles walked today: 0
Total miles: 1197
Notes: I don’t think I can get there. I can catch a train back, and try to make it through Sweden but the weather has been bad and I am not confident I can make it before the end of September.
Day #109 – Walking to Norway – Hirtshals, Denmark
Location: Hirtshals, Denmark
Miles walked today: 11
Total miles: 1197
Notes: Arrived. And I cannot get a ferry. And I cannot get anyone to tell me when they think I will be able to. Absolutely devastated. I’m getting a hotel for a few days.
Read – Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Today I finished reading “Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Day #108 – Walking to Norway – Hjørring, Denmark
Location: Hjørring, Denmark
Miles walked today: 12
Total miles: 1186
Notes: This doesn’t sound good. Called a few friends and they confirmed the there is some labour dispute going on. It doesn’t look like there is an end to it either. I cannot get in to Norway.
Day #107 – Walking to Norway – Vrå, Denmark
Location: Vrå, Denmark
Miles walked today: 11
Total miles: 1174
Notes: I hear talk of a ferry master’s strike. Not sure if it is ferry master’s, ferry pilots, customs, border control, what. Spoke to three people and they each gave different stories. But they were adamant that “border is closed” on Norway side until the dispute is resolved.
Day #106 – Walking to Norway – Tylstrup, Denmark
Location: Tylstrup, Denmark
Miles walked today: 11
Total miles: 1163
Notes: Another week to the ferry. Maybe two weeks from there to Oslo. I am just about ready for this adventure to be done.
Read – The Minority Report
Today I finished reading “The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick
Day #105 – Walking to Norway – Norresundby, Denmark
Location: Norresundby, Denmark
Miles walked today: 10
Total miles: 1152
Notes:
Listening – The Lion and the Cobra
This week I am listening to “The Lion and the Cobra” by Sinead O’Connor
Day #104 – Walking to Norway – Svenstrup, Denmark
Location: Svenstrup, Denmark
Miles walked today: 11
Total miles: 1142
Notes:
Read – The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Today I finished reading “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe
Day #103 – Walking to Norway – Skørping, Denmark
Location: Skørping, Denmark
Miles walked today: 11
Total miles: 1131
Notes:
Read – To Kill a Mockingbird
Today I finished reading “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
Read – The Practice of Management
Today I finished reading “The Practice of Management” by Peter F. Drucker
Day #102 – Walking to Norway – Hadsund, Denmark
Location: Hadsund, Denmark
Miles walked today: 10
Total miles: 1120
Notes: Well that wasn’t so bad. Nice of them to provide a convenient bridge right on my walking route.
Day #101 – Walking to Norway – Gjerlev, Denmark
Location: Gjerlev, Denmark
Miles walked today: 10
Total miles: 1110
Notes: Crossing the Ajstrup Bugt fjord North of me is going to pose a problem.
Day #100 – Walking to Norway – Randers, Denmark
Location: Randers, Denmark
Miles walked today: 10
Total miles: 1100
Notes:
Read – Maison Ikkoku, Vol. 1
Today I finished reading “Maison Ikkoku, Vol. 1” by Rumiko Takahashi
Day #99 – Walking to Norway – Hadsten, Denmark
Location: Hadsten, Denmark
Miles walked today: 9
Total miles: 1090
Notes: A night in a hotel. Hot shower. Clean sheets.
Read – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Today I finished reading “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain
Very appropriate given the circumstances of my adventures to date.
Day #98 – Walking to Norway – Sabro, Denmark
Location: Sabro, Denmark
Miles walked today: 11
Total miles: 1081
Notes:
Listening – Secrets of the Beehive
This week I am listening to “Secrets of the Beehive” by David Sylvian
Read – Appleseed: The Promethean Challenge
Today I finished reading “Appleseed: The Promethean Challenge” by Masamune Shirow
Day #97 – Walking to Norway – Hørning, Denmark
Location: Hørning, Denmark
Miles walked today: 11
Total miles: 1070
Notes: What is it with you guys and your letter O’s? Due North now. Should be an easy route.
Day #96 – Walking to Norway – Skanderborg, Denmark
Location: Skanderborg, Denmark
Miles walked today: 13
Total miles: 1059
Notes:
Day #95 – Walking to Norway – Horsens, Denmark
Location: Horsens, Denmark
Miles walked today: 12
Total miles: 1046
Notes:
It’s a win-win for both parties
I am a highly skilled negotiator when it comes to talking myself out of doing anything productive
Day #94 – Walking to Norway – Vejle, Denmark
Location: Vejle, Denmark
Miles walked today: 11
Total miles: 1034
Notes:
Day #93 – Walking to Norway – Kolding, Denmark
Location: Kolding, Denmark
Miles walked today: 0
Total miles: 1023
Notes: Hirtshals it is. I will take the ferry. I just don’t think I can make it through Sweden before the warm weather breaks. Either way, unless I want to walk all the way around through Finland I am going to have to take a ferry to reach Copenhagen. There’s just no way around it.
Day #92 – Walking to Norway – Kolding, Denmark
Location: Kolding, Denmark
Miles walked today: 9
Total miles: 1023
Notes: Well here I am. Decision time. I am going to take a day to just relax and think about my next direction. Head for Hirtshals and the ferry. Or head for Copenhagen and the long route.
Day #91 – Walking to Norway – Vamdrup, Denmark
Location: Vamdrup, Denmark
Miles walked today: 10
Total miles: 1014
Notes:
Listening – Official Version
This week I am listening to “Official Version” by Front 242
Day #90 – Walking to Norway – Sommersted, Denmark
Location: Sommersted, Denmark
Miles walked today: 0
Total miles: 1004
Notes:
Day #89 – Walking to Norway – Sommersted, Denmark
Location: Sommersted, Denmark
Miles walked today: 0
Total miles: 1004
Notes:
Day #88 – Walking to Norway – Sommersted, Denmark
Location: Sommersted, Denmark
Miles walked today: 6
Total miles: 1004
Notes:
Day #87 – Walking to Norway – Vojens, Denmark
Location: Vojens, Denmark
Miles walked today: 13
Total miles: 998
Notes: I should make Sommersted late tomorrow or day after next. Going to spend a few days there hanging out with Peter. Had to push on an extra half an hour today due to the airport security getting suspicious. Weird.
Day #86 – Walking to Norway – Rødekro, Denmark
Location: Rødekro, Denmark
Miles walked today: 9
Total miles: 985
Notes: You people have such weird names for towns.
Day #85 – Walking to Norway – Aabenraa, Denmark
Location: Aabenraa, Denmark
Miles walked today: 12
Total miles: 976
Notes:
Day #84 – Walking to Norway – Padborg, Denmark
Location: Padborg, Denmark
Miles walked today: 6
Total miles: 964
Notes: “No sir I do not have any drugs. Yes sir it is a long way to walk. No sir the guitar is not carrying drugs.” Two hours sat on a hard plastic chair. Supervisor comes in a few hours later “What are you doing here? Why haven’t you been let go?” I shrug. “Go! Have a nice time.” And that was that.