HOW THIS ARCTIC ROAD TRIP WILL END..
Drone. Lake. Photos. Isabelle has just asked why only one of her nostrils is moving. Creepstopher has given poor Lazy a list of things she has to do this morning. He told her to walk out the door and say the best thing about vanlife is waking up in the dark not knowing what it looks like in the morning. Aurora has started sucking her thumb and Lazy would rather she suck a dummy. Isla has spilt cereal all over the floor. Creepstopher is going outside. Lazy “Isla you’re ruining my shot”. Creepstopher comes back inside and tells them to be quiet and count to 10 so he can do his montage.
The Inghams have a three hour drive to the final thing they’re doing before they go home. Spoiler alert: it’s whale watching. There’s something Lazy has been looking forward to the whole trip. There’s only certain times and places they can do it. They wanted to do it in Tromsø but couldn't. Lazy tells Isla not to rub the cereal into the carpet because Creepstopher will go mad. The whales can only be seen on a certain day of the week. They didn’t film yesterday. Big reveal that they’re driving to Narvik.
Drone. Driving. Footage is from yesterday. Before they set off today they’re off to look outside. Creepstopher said it was beautiful this morning. Drone. Funeral music.
Creepstopher waffling. He’s been blown away. He’s sad to have almost reached the west coast of Norway. He sounds like he’s about to cry. The water is like the Maldives. For the summer this park up would be insane. Lazy hasn’t wanted to come to Scandinavia in summer until now. Jace is stealing shells from the beach. She needs to Google whether he can take them and tells him to put them in a pile just in case. Screeching about mountains. Jace screeching about shells. It’s chilly but nice because of the sun. Isla says there are snails all over the beach. Lazy says they will be careful where they walk. She carelessly waddles over to Creepstopher and Aurora.
Creepstopher has said the same thing Lazy was thinking. They’re craving a summer holiday. The trip is coming to an end over the next week. Lazy will answer questions over the next few days. They have big plans for this year and will do a summer holiday very soon. They can share their big news within the next month. More shells. Esmé is collecting sea weed. Jace and Mila are told to stay away from the water. Worms.
Esmé walks and jumps about in the background as they drive. Creepstopher would never get out of the van if he could. Lazy lasts longer in the van than she ever expects to. It’s rare that she ever wants to do a hotel or Air BnB. They’ve only done them this trip to have fun, do different scenery and make the vlogs more interesting. They have got used to the small living space. View. Drone.
Stop to feed Aurora. Lazy thinks she looks like Jace at the moment. Isla thinks she looks like her because of her blonde eyebrows and black eyelashes. Lazy quickly says they could change. Driving. Lazy screeches at the moose she’s filming. She wonders why they’re so big. Screaming and cackling.
Esmé and Aurora. They’ve just finished a big juicy pasta dish for dinner and are having oranges for dessert. Chocolate oranges. Esmé stands Aurora up. Mila asks for an orange. Isabelle says she looks like an orange. Mila’s favourite colour and fruit is orange. Her favourite toy is the tobot. Lazy is her best friend. Lazy asks her who she loves and she says Lazy.
Creepstopher crawls into Lazy’s bed. His bed is their bedding storage because of the new toilet. They’re in Andenes tonight. Hecopes with the driving by snacking. He and Lazy shared driving in the Sprinter because he was too precious about it to let her drive it. She can’t drive this van. It’s been extremely expensive. The scenery keeps his head ticking over. They have a stash of snacks and drinks in the front. Lazy says something and he rolls his fanny eyes. They drive for three hours max. On longer drives everyone falls asleep and he hammers it. He likes to have his headphones in and listen to a podcast. He likes to learn about things he’s interested in e.g. business.
Creepstopher is absolutely fine after the near miss with the van. He was nervous last year and always put the snow chains on. Now he’s more confident and wouldn’t put the chains on. There are signs saying when to put them on. If you have good tyres on you’re fine. He slowed right down after the crash. He went into second gear and slowed to 15mph on a hill. He’s nervous of UK driving but a pro Scandinavian driver. He forgets which side of the road to drive on when returning to the UK.
The Inghams are in Andenes for a special reason. The end of the trip was going to be whale watching in Tromsø but the cheeky whales aren’t there. They have to book everything last minute on this trip as the countries are so big. They wanted a loose trip. They’re getting up in the morning to meet a boat. The company looks boss and has high success rate. They're waiting for an email to confirm the sailing. They’re parked next to the ocean and are five minutes from where they catch the boat. This is the penultimate before they head south.
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The big change will be them adding Aurora to the Youtube bio. The seventh child and long awaited spare son to the throne (calling it now) will be here before Creepstopher updates it.