My last hurrah trip round Iceland - Page 2

Sparks61 · 24-09-2012, 21:16

I forgot this from Day 2. For those of you who like rock stuff there is some amazing rock formations. Here are some awesome basalt lava columns in an outcrop next to the road.

Here I am next to it for scale:-

solarman216 · 24-09-2012, 21:41

Absolutely amassing pics mate, reminds me of when I travelled Europe in a truck and took hundreds of great pics, treasure them for the future, they are memory triggers for the future when you can not recall as well as you could, Rick

Sparks61 · 24-09-2012, 22:09

I have hundreds and hundreds of pics of Iceland. I thought I would try to get this travelog complete so people could at least have a small idea of what a great place it is to tour. So many go and stay in the Reykjavik area. There is sooo much more.

Sparks61 · 24-09-2012, 22:47

The day was just gorgeous which was handy as this was probably one of the most remote legs of the trip.

The Route.

Clear and Blue

Our first interesting bit was the fresh opended pas on route 917 (between (B) and (C) on the route. My mate took a video of the drive - it's quite long but gives a good impression of gravel road driving in good weather in Iceland. Interesting the only other vehicle we saw was a tanker truck !!

Here is a link to the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n385G...2daPjNLPp81mcQ

I will post photos tomorrow. Day 4 is really cool with the volcano stuff in.

Sparks61 · 25-09-2012, 13:53

Arriving at the coast it was a beautiful day. This part of Iceland is very quiet - we saw only 4 or 5 other cars all day.

First stop was at a cliff top viewpoint

Some of us are braver / stupider than others - there were lots of these knife edge rock dykes projecting out to the sea. They are vertical injections of stronger lava.

It was pretty remote. The beauty of Iceland is most of it is open access

Next stop was another HUGE falls - again there is one of the guys at the top for scale. It plunged into a deep ravine and ran out to sea.

This is a typical small town in NE Iceland

However even in these remote places Icelanders create some strange stuff. This was a monument of something which to this day we are not sure about.

And then - on the side of the gravel road to the most northerly point in Iceland we find these .........

Apparently a local artists installation - random dummies dressed in fishing gear.

The lighthouse below is the most northerly point in Iceland (E). We wanted to get out to it but were stopped by the locals as the area was closed due to Arctic Terns breeding :-(

Here is the T2 just short of the arctic circle

We ended the day at (F) where there is a national park in this hors hoe shaped valley which has been cut with entirely vertical sides.

The scale of the thing is shown a bit by this shot

The scale of things you find in Iceland is amazing.

Day 4 will be more volcanoes and some almost desert areas.

Sparks61 · 27-10-2012, 10:53

Is anyone interested in the rest of the shots before I resize them all etc ??

supergnome · 27-10-2012, 11:46

Of course they are, superb thread. Keep doing your education in places like this and take the T2 and camera. David.

96terrano · 27-10-2012, 12:17

Great pics mate, love them,

24-09-2012, 21:41	#17
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24-09-2012, 22:47	#19
Sparks61 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Iceland Vehicle: Jeep Cherokee Posts: 98	Day 3 Part 1 The day was just gorgeous which was handy as this was probably one of the most remote legs of the trip. The Route. Clear and Blue Our first interesting bit was the fresh opended pas on route 917 (between (B) and (C) on the route. My mate took a video of the drive - it's quite long but gives a good impression of gravel road driving in good weather in Iceland. Interesting the only other vehicle we saw was a tanker truck !! Here is a link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n385G...2daPjNLPp81mcQ I will post photos tomorrow. Day 4 is really cool with the volcano stuff in.

25-09-2012, 13:53	#20
Sparks61 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Iceland Vehicle: Jeep Cherokee Posts: 98	Day 3 Part 2 Arriving at the coast it was a beautiful day. This part of Iceland is very quiet - we saw only 4 or 5 other cars all day. First stop was at a cliff top viewpoint Some of us are braver / stupider than others - there were lots of these knife edge rock dykes projecting out to the sea. They are vertical injections of stronger lava. It was pretty remote. The beauty of Iceland is most of it is open access Next stop was another HUGE falls - again there is one of the guys at the top for scale. It plunged into a deep ravine and ran out to sea. This is a typical small town in NE Iceland However even in these remote places Icelanders create some strange stuff. This was a monument of something which to this day we are not sure about. And then - on the side of the gravel road to the most northerly point in Iceland we find these ......... Apparently a local artists installation - random dummies dressed in fishing gear. The lighthouse below is the most northerly point in Iceland (E). We wanted to get out to it but were stopped by the locals as the area was closed due to Arctic Terns breeding :-( Here is the T2 just short of the arctic circle We ended the day at (F) where there is a national park in this hors hoe shaped valley which has been cut with entirely vertical sides. The scale of the thing is shown a bit by this shot The scale of things you find in Iceland is amazing. Day 4 will be more volcanoes and some almost desert areas.

24-09-2012, 21:16	#16
Sparks61 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Iceland Vehicle: Jeep Cherokee Posts: 98	I forgot this from Day 2. For those of you who like rock stuff there is some amazing rock formations. Here are some awesome basalt lava columns in an outcrop next to the road. Here I am next to it for scale:-

24-09-2012, 22:09	#18
Sparks61 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Iceland Vehicle: Jeep Cherokee Posts: 98	I have hundreds and hundreds of pics of Iceland. I thought I would try to get this travelog complete so people could at least have a small idea of what a great place it is to tour. So many go and stay in the Reykjavik area. There is sooo much more.

27-10-2012, 10:53	#21
Sparks61 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Iceland Vehicle: Jeep Cherokee Posts: 98	Is anyone interested in the rest of the shots before I resize them all etc ??

27-10-2012, 11:46	#22
supergnome Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Isle of Axholme Vehicle: T2, 2.7 TDI 2002 lwb Posts: 955	Of course they are, superb thread. Keep doing your education in places like this and take the T2 and camera. David.

27-10-2012, 12:17	#23
96terrano Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Vehicle: Nissan Terrano 2.7TD LWB Posts: 8,024	Great pics mate, love them,