hi
Gday mate. My helmet is also Matt BLack
I'm from the sunshine coast, QLD. Also working in UK, on the Isle of Wight. Tomorrow is my last day of work then 10th July catch a ferry to Denmark and spend the next 4 months riding around Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Up Sweden and Norway, down Finland, St Petersburg, Baltics, Eastern Europe to Balkans then home. I won't be out of russia by the time you get back to the UK so won't cross paths this time.
You mentioned camping and hostels. Might I also suggest you try CouchSurfing
A huge network of people who have couches/spare beds/a backyard to pitch a tent on and are happy to host you to help out a fellow traveller and enjoy a cultural exchange. I've hosted about 10 people in the last year and will be enjoying other peoples hospitality (as well as camping and hostels) for my trip. There are plenty of bikers on the website as well (join the group motorcycle riders within the website).
I contacted a biking couchsurfer wrt my first night in Denmark and he said I was welcome to stay and I'd better make it for 2 nights as there was a local festival on and I'd be hungover the next day, haha. Lucky I've got plenty of time  .
Let the good times roll, enjoy a safe trip
Tony
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