Patreksfjordur

Still north West Iceland on our circum navigation. Now at the small town of Patresfjourdur. In the picture is the Fram another (older) Hurtigruten expedition ship on its way eastward around Iceland. Moored just offshore, we will be catching the tender to the harbour for a walking tour around the town. Took the tender around 16:00 for our allocated group but found we were joining the German speakers! We tagged onto the English group…..The guide was a young Icelander, whose normal occupation was fishing, but moonlighted as a tour guide and had developed a very amusing spiel which entertained us on the walk. We saw a fishing trawler that had just arrived and was unloading its catch. We were shown and tried identify the fish in their catch. Not sure if it is just an Iceland thing but they refer to cod as the devil’s fish due to the line along its flanks. Looking up we could see the walls built to protect the town after avalanches and “snow angels” erected at the top of the cliffs to break up the snow. When the official tour finished we walked further along the coast to the church and hospital, swimming and sports centre ( all new) before returning to the dock to catch the tender back to the ship.Read more