Uk to Iceland
12 июля 2022 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Waiting at Manchester Airport for our flight to Iceland
Into land….
12 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Hotel Grandi
12 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Resting after the journey with a much needed cold lager (Gull)
At the Harbour
13 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ☁️ 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 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Flatey Island
14 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
First landings here will be this afternoon
Flatey Island Church
14 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Memorial
15 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Whale…what Whake!
15 июля 2022 г., North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Whale
16 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Long - Dynjandi Waterfall
16 июля 2022 г., North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Short - Dynjandi Waterfall
16 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Dynjandi Waterfall & Vigur Island
We leave the Waterfall at 11:00 and heading now to Vigur Island
Vigur Island
16 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ☁️ 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 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ 🌧 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
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Betwixt Here & There…
17 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Akureyri
17 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ☁️ 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’Читать далее
Pilot boarding
18 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Sleipnir
Husevik
18 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Arrived and met by Silver Whisper, we last saw at NAME,
Lainey returned to the ship at 16:05
Grimsey Island
18 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
The Arctic Circle…it’s coming up shortly to sunset (23:45) so I’ll be waiting…
Sunset - Arctic Circle
18 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Whale Watching!
19 июля 2022 г., 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 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Oooh, what a day very misty, rainy and bleak. Again little wildlife, except the ducks,
Just arriving at Djupivogur
20 июля 2022 г., Исландия ⋅ ☁️ 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