Category Archives: Travel

Before leaving Isafjordur there was one shot that had to be taken. In Isafjordur’s Main Street is a zebra crossing that has become an ‘Insta’ sensation. We had to recreate the Abbey Road album cover.. This was a day of driving along both sides of some long fjords as we wended our way to theContinue reading “On from Isafjordur”

A leisurely start made some exploration of the small town of Isafjordur possible. Who’d have thought you’d find a Museum of Everyday Life in a place as remote as this? Having time to explore this area of the Westfjords, we found a number of points of interest along the road to the small community ofContinue reading “A Visit to Flateyri”

The journey to Isafjordur involved driving one of the highest passes in the Westfjords and we were hoping for clearer weather. Waking to clear skies and good visibility, we decided to drive fifteen minutes or so back in the direction of Raudisander first to photograph Iceland’s oldest steel ship, the Gardar 64 left here afterContinue reading “From Patreksfjordur to Isafjordur”

We guessed we were in for some harsh weather – not Springlike at all – so, having enjoyed another really good evening meal at a lovely restaurant we agreed to an early morning visit to the beach…. We woke to glorious sunshine and drove along the high mountain road enjoying the wide vistas and blueContinue reading “Raudisander (Raoothisander)”

We made it to Stykkisholmur in time to board the Baldur ferry for the three hour long crossing of Breidafjordur Bay to arrive in Brjanslaekur around 6pm. The daily ferry carries freight and foot passengers and stops at a small island in the middle of the bay to pick up anything that needs transporting. TodayContinue reading “On from Snaefellsnes”

As I write it’s already May 5th – Day 4 of our tour of the Western Fjords and the North of Iceland – and we’ve already spent 24 hours in Patreksfjordur, so have already moved on from Snaelfellnes…. but I have to share some of the sights and experiences we enjoyed there during Days 2Continue reading “Reykjavik to Snaefellsnes”

What a difference a few months has made. Accessing Terminal 2 at London’s Heathrow today there were no indications that travel is anything but completely normal. No tests beforehand or extra forms, just a very speedy check-in with very helpful ground crew and, despite a slight hiatus in Security while their system was examined, IContinue reading “In the air again!”

The aim was to be at the airport by 1pm, enabling us to check-in without panic and Paul to set off on his drive to the north of the island in good time. It would be a long drive after a hectic week. We were all packed and out of the hotel by 9am havingContinue reading “Homeward bound”

Another fairly relaxed start but this time we had to be a bit more careful about packing, making sure that all we needed for our pre-flight COVID test was easy to get at. Although we didn’t have that far to travel, we were going to make the most of the things there were to seeContinue reading “The last leg to Reykjavik”

And so the drive back to Reykjavik began. Not especially early leaving behind the Milk Factory with its pristine white coats and protective wellies hanging near the door and milk bottle shaped lampshades over the buffet table. We knew there were places to be visited or revisited and so the plan was to reach theContinue reading “Retracing our steps..”