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Iceland

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-- From 2021/08/09 to 2021/08/15
-- From Hvolsvöllur to Vik
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 The GPS road tacklog, Clic on the pic for opening it
 from Hvolsvöllur to Landeyjahöfn
 from 2021/08/09 to 2021/08/09

Landeyjahöfn

Monday August 9th began with a sleep-in until 7:00 am then a long glance of revision of my truck before raising the bivouac around 11:30 to calmly head for Landeyjahöfn at 30 km, ferry port for Vestmannaeyjar, where I will embark tomorrow morning at 8:15 am for forty minutes of crossing and for two days of visit of this small island seriously damaged by a violent volcanic eruption in 1973. I bivouacked on the huge parking lot by the sea.

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To cross deep river The ferry to Vestmannaeyjar
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 The GPS road tacklog, Clic on the pic for opening it
 from Landeyjahöfn to Heimaey
 from 2021/08/10 to 2021/08/10

Heimaey-Island-1

Tuesday August 10, the day of my 81st birthday, shortly before eight o'clock I boarded the ferry to Heimaey from the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, whose Lonely-Planet has 4,500 inhabitants. The size of the city and the many pavilions attest to a larger population. The geographic and geological configuration is resolutely volcanic; I recall that the island is located on the fault of the two tectonic plates of North America and Eurasia. The recent emergence in 1963/67 of Surtsey Island during an underwater volcanic eruption attests to this. I took my bearings while driving around town after disembarking from the ferry. Then I went to explore the approximately 8 km long island to the southern tip, Stórhöfði. I approached the volcano, Eldfell, which caused the disaster during its volcanic eruption in 1973. I was stationed at the foot of the Cross, in testimony, looking dubiously at the track that climbs to the top, it is no longer for me, moreover a strong wind swept the ground, see the photo. I had spotted a bivouac area, a wild camp, on my trip to the southern tip, and I headed there around 1:00 p.m. The sun came out at 11:00 a.m.

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Skansinn
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 The GPS road tacklog, Clic on the pic for opening it
 from Heimaey à Heimaey
 from 2021/08/11 au 2021/08/11

Heimaey-Island-2

Wednesday August 11, lazy day with a visit to the Eldheimar museum dedicated to the eruption of the Eldfell volcano. The building is built around a house that was excavated from lava. Interpretive panels retrace the drama that occurred on January 23, 1973 at 1:45 am. More than 400 houses were buried under the lava. The city is referred to as the Pompeii of the north. I spent a good part of the afternoon at the Hot-pots before going to the Slippurinn eatery and then returning to the Breidibakki bivouac.

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Eldheimar museum, 1973 eruption
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 The GPS road tacklog, Clic on the pic for opening it
 from Heimaey to Þorsmörk
 from 2021/08/12 to 2021/08/12

Þorsmörk

Jeudi 12 août je pris le ferry à 14:30 pour l’Islande. Je visitais la cascade Seljalandsfoss de 60 mètres de haut, un chemin permet de l’approcher, trop de monde pour faire cette petite randonnée. Je décidais de suivre la f249 jusqu’à Þorsmörk en franchissant plusieurs gués. Le long de la route j’observais les véhicules 4x4 que je croissais pour vérifier leur capacité de franchissement. Ainsi de proche en proche j’arrivais à Þorsmörk vers 17:40. Bien sûr les paysages sont somptueux, mais le franchissement des gués retint plus mon attention. La vidéo donne un exemple de rivière, hélas la fin est tronquée par une erreur de manipulation lors de sa confection, bien évidemment j’arrivais de l’autre côté. Je bivouaquais face au village près de la passerelle piétonnière.

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Seljalandsfoss
Crossing a river road F249
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 The GPS road tacklog, Clic on the pic for opening it
 from Þorsmörk to R1 Rest area
 from 2021/08/13 ato 2021/08/13

Rest area

Friday August 13 (!) from 9:00 am, I left the bivouac of Þorsmörk to take the back route from the day before, crossing the same fords without apprehension. On the R1 road I was visiting the 62 meter high Skogafoss waterfall, but I did not climb the stairs to the observation platform, too steep and too many steps to go up and down. The R1 road crosses a very cultivated plain of sheep grass, therefore the search for a bivouac, wild camp, is uncertain. I bivouacked at the end of a rest area, on wasteland, near the river.

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Skogafoss
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 The GPS road tacklog, Clic on the pic for opening it
 from Klifandi river-rest-area to Klifandi river-rest-area
 from 2021/08/14 to 2021/08/14

Klifandi river-rest-area

Saturday August 14th I visited the surrounding sights. Dyrhólaey is a rocky plateau with arches carved by sea erosion, wind and climatic changes for millions of years. But the highlight is the last colony of shearwaters before their migration from August 15th. I love this little bird that has charming attitudes, I enjoy tracking them down. Further on Reynisfjara Beach of black sand attests to its volcanic origin as well as its basalt columns where unfortunately individuals with a basic IQ make clowns on the columns for selfies, human stupidity at any age has no limits. I was very patient in taking a picture, poorly framed, without a clown. I jumped over to Vik for some supplies before heading back to the klifandi river bivouac.

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Reynisfjara Beach, basalt columns
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 The GPS road tacklog, Clic on the pic for opening it
 from Klifandi river-rest-area to Vik
 from 2021/08/15 ato 2021/08/15

Vik

Sunday 15 August I stayed until the beginning of the afternoon to prepare the journey of the next days. I'll go to Vik to wasch my truck and make the full diesel. I visited the Vikurkirkja and I had the privilege of attending a rehearsal of liturgical songs. I'm bivouacking on a parking lot.

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Vikurkirkja