Uk to Iceland
12 de julho de 2022, Inglaterra ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Waiting at Manchester Airport for our flight to Iceland
Into land….
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Hotel Grandi
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Resting after the journey with a much needed cold lager (Gull)
At the Harbour
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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
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Flatey Island
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First landings here will be this afternoon
Flatey Island Church
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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
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Memorial
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Erected to sailors lost as a result of a mine They were part of the North Atlantic Convoys to Russia
Leavibg waetfjords…
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Whale…what Whake!
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Whale
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Long - Dynjandi Waterfall
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Short - Dynjandi Waterfall
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Dynjandi Waterfall & Vigur Island
We leave the Waterfall at 11:00 and heading now to Vigur Island
Vigur Island
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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
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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
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Betwixt Here & There…
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Akureyri
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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’Leia mais
Pilot boarding
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Sleipnir
Husevik
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Arrived and met by Silver Whisper, we last saw at NAME,
Lainey returned to the ship at 16:05
Grimsey Island
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The Arctic Circle…it’s coming up shortly to sunset (23:45) so I’ll be waiting…
Sunset - Arctic Circle
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Whale Watching!
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…something Lainey and I have never had great success with in Iceland and, clearly, the weather was against us today!
Skalanes Nature Reserve
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Oooh, what a day very misty, rainy and bleak. Again little wildlife, except the ducks,
Just arriving at Djupivogur
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Lainey’s gone for a hike to Black Sands and this afternoon we’ll try a hobble, well I will, round the town