Kirkjubaejarklaustur to Laugarfell became my favourite day's riding and not just because it got me out of somewhere completely unpronoucable to somewhere that sounded like alcohol.
The riding and the scenery were absolutely stunning, right out of Lord of the Rings, so much so I expected Sauron and a bunch or Orcs to appear over the hills but the might of Harold on his GS and Gazza on the GSA must have put the shits up Sauron and he bottled it. Gary had proved to be game for anything without sand on his GSA. Harold being 73 and short of leg length had erred on the side of caution a few times but he was mad for it despite the threat of numerous water crossings. What a hero at 73, hats off to you H.
Being an GS owner myself I have the upmost respect for all of the guys on the big behemoths going off road. I'll stick to my beloved single cylinder bikes for off road even though the trails weren't hard.
Anyway, back to my Lord of the Rings fanatasy, the trails just seemed endless, the weather was good by Icelandic standards and the views utterly breathtaking. We got to the beautiful campsite at Laugarfell and bought their enitre stock of lager (which sounds impressive, but in reality wasn't that much) The campsite is in a lovely valley, it's almost like wild camping in the middle of nowhere but with a mini shop and some showers.
We spent a really chilled evening swapping stories as you do. One of the things that transpired was that although Tim and myself had never met, we knew quite a few of the same people (Rick Attwater, Timpo)and had even been to the same small events at the same time (Mad March Moon). In addition, our travel routes shared distinct similarities, (Morocco, USA, Mongolia etc). A perfect end to a brilliant day.
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Nice little off road camper van.
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Serious lunatic and some bloke pedalling around Iceland on his own, and I thought we'd packed light.
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Gazza
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Harold
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Mordor in the distance.
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Gary hunting for Orc's
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The riding and the scenery were absolutely stunning, right out of Lord of the Rings, so much so I expected Sauron and a bunch or Orcs to appear over the hills but the might of Harold on his GS and Gazza on the GSA must have put the shits up Sauron and he bottled it. Gary had proved to be game for anything without sand on his GSA. Harold being 73 and short of leg length had erred on the side of caution a few times but he was mad for it despite the threat of numerous water crossings. What a hero at 73, hats off to you H.
Being an GS owner myself I have the upmost respect for all of the guys on the big behemoths going off road. I'll stick to my beloved single cylinder bikes for off road even though the trails weren't hard.
Anyway, back to my Lord of the Rings fanatasy, the trails just seemed endless, the weather was good by Icelandic standards and the views utterly breathtaking. We got to the beautiful campsite at Laugarfell and bought their enitre stock of lager (which sounds impressive, but in reality wasn't that much) The campsite is in a lovely valley, it's almost like wild camping in the middle of nowhere but with a mini shop and some showers.
We spent a really chilled evening swapping stories as you do. One of the things that transpired was that although Tim and myself had never met, we knew quite a few of the same people (Rick Attwater, Timpo)and had even been to the same small events at the same time (Mad March Moon). In addition, our travel routes shared distinct similarities, (Morocco, USA, Mongolia etc). A perfect end to a brilliant day.
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Nice little off road camper van.
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Serious lunatic and some bloke pedalling around Iceland on his own, and I thought we'd packed light.
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Gazza
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Harold
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Mordor in the distance.
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Gary hunting for Orc's
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