Iceland

Last year I went to Iceland with my wife for a bikepacking holiday. We visited the year before for a short biking trip and were blown away by the quality of the biking and also the wild but captivating landscape. This is just a short write up of the trip and some practical tips for anyone thinking of going.

Skogar trail

Westfjords in August

Fishinh museum in Isafjordur

Belgium Cafe in Þingeyri

Westfjord’s Coastline

Looking North from the trail up Eyjafjallajökull.

The Edge of Eyjafjallajökull.

The Dynjandi Waterfall

Jon Sigurdsson ‘s house at the Hrafnseyri museum

Camping in the Westfjords

Bichrome World nr Strutur

Amazing trails

Small hill left behind by retreating ice

Typical river crossing

One of many shonky bridges

Challenging volcanic dunes

Landmannalaugar-Hrafntinnuske

Colourful rhyolite hills near Landmannalaugar

First section of the Laugavegurinn

Getting the bus to Landmannalauga

Windy Beach, looking towards Fidra

Reykjavik skyline from the Perlan water tower

Epic gravel road climb, near Bolungarvik

The plan was to spend 17 days doing as much riding and exploring as we could. We wanted to ride the Laugavegurinn trail and also visit the Westfjords area using buses to get us and the bikes between areas of interest. We wanted to put our energy into exploring rather than gurning away into a headwind for a week.