Ewan McGregor and biking buddy Charley Boorman spotted in Norway as fans speculate on a possible new show

It's been 20 years since Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman embarked on a grueling quest to ride their motorbikes from London to New York, via Europe, Asia and Alaska. 

The resulting TV show Long Way Round, which saw them experience different cultures and overcome the elements and adversity, became one of the most popular travelogues ever made.

Now, sightings of the pair on their bikes in different parts of Europe would suggest the long-time-friends are in the midst of another epic road trip.

The first sighting of McGregor and Boorman came on June 8 as Tartan Army diehard John McIntosh came off an overnight ferry after it arrived in Amsterdam.

Mr McIntosh was in the midst of his own journey, driving a 58-year-old camper van ‘Elvis’ from Falkirk to Germany to watch Scotland compete in the Euros.

The football fan said the celebs waved him over after spotting that his van was decked out in Scotland flags and colours.

He told STV News: ‘I set off on Friday and got the ferry on the same night, arriving in Amsterdam on Saturday morning.

‘I got off and was going through passport control and there was two guys, motorcyclists in front of me, both decked out in helmets and goggles.

‘He was gesturing to me to come and speak to him. He took his goggles off and I’m looking at it him going: ‘That’s Ewan McGregor.

‘I drove over and he was more surprised to see the van than I was to see him. He was like “Wow, what is this? This is incredible”.

‘We had good craic. He’s a really nice guy, same as Charly Boorman – an absolute gentleman.

‘He wished us all the best and he was a gem of a guy.’

McGregor even happily recorded a video with him, saying: ‘Alright Scotland, good luck at the Euros. Woo hoo.’

On June 25, McGregor and Boorman again posed for a photo with a fan - this time in Norway.

The image showed the pair in their biking gear posing with the unknown man in front of wooden cabins at the foot of sheer cliffs.

Now, in the latest sighting, they have appeared in the media in Norway.

Retired newspaper cartoonist Odd Klaudiussen, 64, was shopping for a part for his motorcycle when the celebs drove up on two electric BMW scooters with a film crew in tow.

They politely agreed to let him take a photo with them and told him they had been to Svalbard.

Mr Klaudiussen said the pair were secretive and did not want to reveal the project they were working on now. He was instead told to ‘wait and see’.

He told Norwegian newspaper Tromsø: ‘They have made a number of motorcycle programs where they film from exotic locations. They have been on their way up to Norway - and have also been to Svalbard.’

Asked if he was starstruck meeting the pair, Mr Klaudiussen said: ‘It happened so quickly that I didn’t have time for it. And when you talk motorcyclist to motorcyclist - then you are on the same footing - no matter how famous you are.’

Long Way Round was a hit when it aired in 2004, beaming Perthshire-born McGregor and Boorman’s globetrotting journey into the homes of millions of people around the world.

Its 2007 sequel, Long Way Down, saw them ride from John O’Groats, in Scotland, to Cape Town, South Africa.

In 2020 the pair released Long Way Up, following their journey from south to Central America.

The show saw the pair cover 13,000 miles over 100 days on specially adapted bikes, through 16 border crossings and 13 countries in what was their most challenging expedition.

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