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