Holiday in Hammerfest, 1953

Staying in Tampere with the mother-in-law reminded me of an amazing story she told about her father deciding to pack all six kids, one tent and his pregnant wife into the Ford Prefect and drive over 1500km from Helsinki to Hammerfest in Norway.

They also picked up a hitcher.

Ford Prefect

If that wasn't exciting enough, this was 1953 and the countryside war still riddled with German mines and munitions. 

"My father told us not to play away from the road, but of course my brother did anyway", she said.