Uk to Iceland
12. Juli 2022 in England ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Waiting at Manchester Airport for our flight to Iceland
Into land….
12. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Hotel Grandi
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Resting after the journey with a much needed cold lager (Gull)
At the Harbour
13. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
We wandered around the harbour after Lainey had a ‘ride’ on the Flight, deciding not to the ‘coach tour’ and heading for the ship to be there for 16:00
Leaving harbour
13. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Flatey Island
14. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
First landings here will be this afternoon
Flatey Island Church
14. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
This was a wet landing and making our way up to the old Church and graveyard, it was quite an experience going, and coming back, to be attacked by Arctic Terns, they really are quite brave
Isafjordur & Isafjardarardjup, Westfjord
15. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Memorial
15. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Erected to sailors lost as a result of a mine They were part of the North Atlantic Convoys to Russia
Leavibg waetfjords…
15. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Whale…what Whake!
15. Juli 2022, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Whale
16. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Long - Dynjandi Waterfall
16. Juli 2022, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Short - Dynjandi Waterfall
16. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Dynjandi Waterfall & Vigur Island
We leave the Waterfall at 11:00 and heading now to Vigur Island
Vigur Island
16. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
We stop here for a short village trip where there is an Eider Farm/Firm, unfortunately I can’t go because of my leg as it’s a Zodiac crossing, albeit dry
Siglufjordur
17. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Quite a misty day with rain and low cloud, anyway as for the day… After a talk by the curator, on board, we go to the Herring Era Museum to see the process and exhibits followed by a guided tour
WeWeiterlesen
Betwixt Here & There…
17. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Akureyri
17. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Well arriving in Akureyri we’re confronted with two cruise ships and whilst this is the second largest city on Iceland, approx pop 20,000, I can’t imagine what effect that number of ‘tourists’Weiterlesen
Pilot boarding
18. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Sleipnir
Husevik
18. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Arrived and met by Silver Whisper, we last saw at NAME,
Lainey returned to the ship at 16:05
Grimsey Island
18. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
The Arctic Circle…it’s coming up shortly to sunset (23:45) so I’ll be waiting…
Sunset - Arctic Circle
18. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Whale Watching!
19. Juli 2022, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
…something Lainey and I have never had great success with in Iceland and, clearly, the weather was against us today!
Skalanes Nature Reserve
19. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Oooh, what a day very misty, rainy and bleak. Again little wildlife, except the ducks,
Just arriving at Djupivogur
20. Juli 2022 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Lainey’s gone for a hike to Black Sands and this afternoon we’ll try a hobble, well I will, round the town