It has rained heavily overnight, and is still drizzling in the morning. Low lying mist is still hanging over the fjord, so it puts paid to plans to head further east in search of puffins. […]
Still drizzling this morning, and the wind hasn’t let up as I head from Lake Myvatn to Egilsstaðir. I have one attempt at photographing birds around Lake Myvatn and quickly give up – dark birds […]
It’s moved on from drizzling last night to rain at Lake Myvatn. I’m struggling to see the attraction of the lake. I’d like to photograph the bird life on the lake, but it seems to […]
Today I’m booked to go whale watching at 1pm, but before this happens I receive a response from Iceland Travel (they’ve reconfirmed all onward reservations) and the Grand Hotel. Luckily my sense of humour hasn’t […]
Borgarnes is on the west coast of Iceland, a shortish distance from Reykjavik, and within striking distance of Stikkish, a ferry departure point for Flatey Island, home to puffins and other bird life. It takes […]
I purchased Garmin’s maps of Scandinavia and eventually managed to load them onto a micro-sim card (the download only works using MS Explorer for some obscure reason), and they are working fine. I forgot to […]
