Guesthouse Stekkabol
Travel Blogs from Patreksfjorour
D'musig vo de lämmli
da mer am fritig erst am drüü is nest sind, hämmer gfunde mer schlafed chli länger.
Ich möcht oi da nomal säge, wie geil es isch im wohnmobil z'reise. da chame ufstah, i de furzglogge de herd aschmeisse und sich es edels zmorge mache. dänn i dem wohmi häts
eifach fast alles: chuelschrank, en fette herd, geili soundalag, e duschi und und und....
nachdem mer wie könige ...
Another Waterfall
... fuel at the moment but not grabbing a top up when possible is always a bit of a concern.
We ride round numerous fjords, up one side, across a bridge at the end then back down the other side. There are wonderful panoramas and as usual it is impossible to capture it with a camera.
Nico stopped to take some pictures, he always takes time being professional, I carry on for a ...
A twitchers (bird watchers) paradise
The plan is to head up to Latravik, the furthest point west you can travel in Europe. Though it might be a tad further west at Bjargtanger but you need to walk to reach that point.
I did argue that actually this is not Europe, this half of Iceland is on the American plate and slowly moving west.
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A nature moment
... little early, while waiting for Nico, I have a nature moment and photograph some local fauna.
My old Icelandic friends from yesterday trundle by in convoy in their 4x4s giving a wave as the pass.
I had to post a photo of me, some of my "friends" were doubting my presence in Iceland.
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The Irish part of Iceland
... was almost non existent and they took routes over the mountains rather than round the fjords. Now there are decent gravel roads and some tarmac.
At a later meeting a BSA 350 was added to the bikes involved in their epic saga.
At Flokalundur I stopped for coffee again and a route check. Should I stop, there was a campsite here? Should I press on to Patreksfjordur, the site of the old ...