North Sea Sunset
24 sierpnia, North Sea ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Ferry Home
24 sierpnia, North Sea ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Goodbye Faroes
23 sierpnia, Wyspy Owcze ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
All good things come to an end.
Sad to leave
Oyndarfjordur
23 sierpnia, Wyspy Owcze ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
The view from the kitchen window
En-suite chickens
Klaksvik
22 sierpnia, Wyspy Owcze ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A fishing festival
Free food
Free drink
What's not to like
Brits On Tour 1940's Style
22 sierpnia, Wyspy Owcze ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
I didn't know that we had troops stationed here in WW2
Faroes Part 2
22 sierpnia, Wyspy Owcze ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
03.00 arrival!!
So I slept in my car. Note to self: adapt your next car so that you can lie down and have a proper (well, air-matress) bed.
And then some R&R at Aeduvik campsite.
Some Chatgpt work Czytaj więcej
And Why Iceland?
20 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Circa 1971, black and white TV, 9 years old me watching John Noakes and Blue Peter visit Iceland for their Summer Expedition. It was the bubbling mud-pots that intrigued me.
Anyone would think that I Czytaj więcej
Good Bye Iceland
20 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
A sad day but out on a high. Weather on drive to Sejisfordur was superb.
It's been an amazing trip, not without car troubles, but my view on Iceland and the interior has changed. I think that the Czytaj więcej
Landmanalaugur Part 2
15 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Ed driving. Boys trip to the Highlands and hot tubs.
Gravel and lava dust obligatory.
Return To The Highlands
14 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Highlands part 2
Iceland Eclipse
12 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
100% Cloud
Ferry
11 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
South West Western Fjords
11 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
The *most* stunning scenery in Iceland.
Leaving today as have to pick up my son in Keflavik. But could spend more time here.
Oh and another 6AM hot tub
Sneaky Wild Camp And 6AM Hot Tub (+Coffee)
10 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
Hot Pot
9 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Nuff said
Whilst Rome Burns Iceland, well, Freezes
8 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ 🌬 7 °C
A southern Europe heatwave, wildfires in Norfolk. And Iceland? Here it has been (very) cold and rainy. Plus the odd 40mph wind - now that was an interesting night in a tent.
Currently in the Western Czytaj więcej
Golf Course On The Edge Of The World
8 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ 🌬 6 °C
Bolungarvik. Yesterday 1C and fog. Today, a heady 8C and sun.
Oh, and there's a golf course.
The Western Fjords (Finally)
4 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
So early start. 6am in the camp site hot tub (with a coffee) then off
Headed south and did a mini F road loop. The F734 (which used to be the old F35,), the F756 and then F35 back to the ring road Czytaj więcej
The Surface of The Moon
2 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
F35/35 Road
Drove south from Hvravellir but did a 180 after an hour as would take too long to finish and then circle around as Western Fjords beckon. The drive looked out what I can only describe as Czytaj więcej
Failure of The Western Fjords
2 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
The. Moral of this story? Don't stop for coffee.
Drove from campsite(the one with the hot tub) into Sauðárkróku. Stopped for a coffee. The sun came out.... we're 50 km from the Arctic Circle and Czytaj więcej
6 AM Hot Tub
2 sierpnia, Islandia ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Good sleep. Early morning solitary bath.
What's not to like?
Great Campsite
31 lipca, Islandia ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Geothermal pool campsite overlooking fjord. Super chilled. I had coffee brewed and was sitting in the hot tub at 08.00
Hvravellir
31 lipca, Islandia ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
Pronounced, I think, kverr-vetluh. A geothermal "oasis" on the F35 road.
On arrival the weather changed from summer to winter. This coupled with a 30mph wind and a snot-inducing cold I opted for a Czytaj więcej
A Small Detour
30 lipca, Islandia ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
As generals say, the plan does not survive first contact with the enemy. And so today's travel plan followed the same idea. Askja/F905 abandoned due to weather (rain, wind) so decided to head west Czytaj więcej