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As usual John, outstanding work and I'm envious. 👍👍 /Todd.

echoing the others John excellent pictures from your trip, would love to drive roads that are half covered in snow. 👍 How's the RTT performing for you? Todd.

I to have downloaded this app. I like the fact that many of the users who uploaded the information also added pictures which really helps with planning a camping spot for the night. We will be using it this summer. 👍

@Jon, yes that made sense and along the lines I'm thinking. @Stefan, I just checked the manual and power cord to the cxf35. The manual rates the power at 7Amp - 12volts. The power cord is 2 x 1.3mm which was a surprise. Normally I wire everything with 2.5mm. the power cord fuse is rated at 10A. The other surprise is the plug on power cord, it's 2 part which has a 2 Pol plug. Now if I can find a female receiver for the power cord, it'll stop me from hacking up the power cord. ?

I've been having issues the last few years with the regular cigarette plug in the back of the landy where the plug would loosen over time and create just enough of a gap that you lost power to the fridge. Of course you wouldn't see it by a casual glance. So I've been thinking of upgrading the power cord's plug so that it's a locking type like this: I've not checked the manuals for the Dometic fridge but I'm wondering if this plug would be sufficient or should I go bigger with say an Anderson plug? What have others done ?

Following on Instagram. ?

I was always led to believe that Gia GPS was geared to the North American market. So just checking their homepage/web map I did get the local adventure park. It was incomplete, showed some of the trails but did not show all of them nor did it show all of the roads. Topo GPS on the other hand does show all of the roads and trails there. Also Topo GPS takes only 38:- per country map without any subscriptions. I personally think that we've got a winner with Topo GPS with excellent maps for Scandinavia. Gia appears to only use opensource maps which are not up to date for here anyways. If your looking for another alternative to Topo GPS then I can suggest Locus Maps Pro. Their maps are updated twice a year but your using a points system that you buy. It is relatively cheap to be honest, 100:- does go a long way for map updates. I do find that planning trips and saving gpx files is easier in Locus Maps Pro (LMP). LMP does offer topo maps for Scandinavia BUT there are daily restrictions for downloading taking huge amounts of internal space. It would literally take 2 weeks to download the complete topo map for either Norway or Sweden. Plus it seems to remove the files after 30 days of no use. ( I might be doing something wrong within the app, so I could be wrong with that comment. Anyone is welcome to correct me ) The best alternative to that is a guy here in Sweden who's taken the time to convert the Swedish topo maps for LMP which you can download free here: http://bengt.nolang.se/kartor/ From time to time he also updates these maps. Installing his topo maps is easy with the instructions in the app with high quality res. images. With both Topo Maps and Locus Maps Pro we've never missed a beat on our trips, I've even found this combination better than Garmin. /Todd.

Hej Örjan, my opinion is that you should add them one for one. The reason why I say that it allows others to piece together routes that would suit them best. Sometimes with the wife she would prefer to drive a small route so that she can get back to tarmac at any given time if she wants or needs. ? I'd love to see the routes that you have, over new years while the wife was sick in bed I was in front of the laptop searching for routes along FV55 and that area for a possible trip this summer. I've never taken this Land Rover over 1250 m and also I want to camp above 1400~¨1500 m. A combination of tips and suggestions from others here will enrich the database for future trips, thanks in advance. Todd.

Like everyone else we dry out the RTT in the garage for a few days, vacuum the interior before packing it. Once we are happy me and one of the boys put the RTT in the shed for the winter. Clean and dry storage is a must, have you've seen any of the horror stories on youtube of guys packing their RTT away wet. Mold repellent coating they say...........NOT!

@Lars 9k Shame I didn't know about that earlier, busy all weekend but enjoy yourselves.

After building your clam shell RTT and using it this summer John, what are your likes and dislikes? Any improvements that you would consider if there was a next time or a Version 2 ? I've been unsuccessful searching the internet for specific links to this type of RTT, do you have any links that inspired you when you made this fine piece of kit? Very impressive and inspiring, the rusty wheels are turning in my head. Todd.

Unfortunately I have to cancel our booking for next weekend, some camping gear we ordered still hasn't come yet and I'm still waiting on parts for the front axle. Instead of stressing our selves out next week, we'll just wish you guys/gals a good weekend. We look forward to many pictures and of course the next time. /Todd.

Nice film, thank you Knut! ?