Iceland 2017 - some photos but assume people dont care for narrative!

[Bmonck]

A truly terrific trip. TLC80 in its element.

 

[AndyCook]

Nice, I recognise a few of the trails from my trip there in 2015

 

[garygiles1963]

Amazing. I very much hope I can get there one day.

Thanks for the pics.

G.

 

[Chris]

Pictures tell their own story. Very nice.

 

[Bmonck]

Thanks guys. Guided by Paul Blackburn. Would really recommend him

 

[StarCruiser]

Thanks for these. What was the temperature like? That looks like Gullfoss without ice and snow in pic 5. And pic 14 is an amazing pic. It is an epic place, it gets to be scenery overload, I would love to do what you've done there some day.

 

[nick_the_fish]

great photos. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Bmonck]

We were incredibly lucky with the weather. Mostly warm and dry. Some days were 15-20 degrees - yes really. But also suffered a couple of howling wind storms though in the centre of the country. You have to take clothing for all possibilities. We were there two and half weeks but to be honest it would be easy to stay longer. It is like having Patagonia on our doorstep.

 

[garygiles1963]

Can I ask, how much did it cost to take your truck over. Who did you use?

G.

 

[Ben]

Looks amazing!

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ben Stratford]

Looks grest Bmonk, on my bucket list

 

[chapel gate]

fantastic.
every year I say I'm going to book the ferry. every year I tell myself ive got too much on, make it next year.

I think I'm going to sit down with a ruck of beer and my laptop, debit card placed on the table next to me like a loaded gun, slowly drink the beer whilst listening to the doors. then pull the trigger.

no backing out then..

 

[Ian Chuter]

Looks like a great trip. Thanks for posting.

 

[AlexanderVanBaelen]

Great pictures! Seems like a great trip!

On one pic I see lot's of vehicles (including a bus), I originally imagined you wouldn't see to many cars, but is this not the case?

 

[Gr8Yota]

Great pics.

It's such a shame you can't catch the ferry from Scrabster any longer. I was going to book the crossing then found the only entry point for my dog was via air so impossible to do.

 

[Rosy]

wow some fantastic shots there.. i particularly enjoyed the "obruadar ar" sign which is pretty reassuring in that the water wont be too deep followed by your over the bonnet crossing photo!

Note to self, be wary the obruadar ar!

 

[clivehorridge]

Amazing... one on the bucket list for me too...

 

[Dave_S]

Great pictures! Seems like a great trip!

On one pic I see lot's of vehicles (including a bus), I originally imagined you wouldn't see to many cars, but is this not the case?

Depends where you are. Some areas are extremely remote (we drove the central road and met a couple of trucks and some lunatic cyclists), others are actually quite touristy and easy enough to get to.

Been twice now - fantastic country. You don't really need a guide TBH, we did the last trip in 2 Defenders and just worked out the routes ourselves from maps and talking to people.

 

[GeekOKent]

If there is enough of us who want to make the trip, could we reach out and speak with Paul, see if we can do a trip for the group?

 

[Bmonck]

Hi guys
Thanks for all the nice comments. It is an awesome place to visit.
Responding to two questions above:
1. Gary Giles - car was shipped with samskip. You can see them in the back of the port photo at Immingham. All super efficient but not cheap. If I remember right it was about €1600 return or about £1300. Pricey but so is everything in Iceland.
Key question is was it worth the price? I would say definitely.
2. AlexanderVB - Dave S is correct. It depends where you are. We did some wild camping completely on our own. Some interior roads are very empty. Coast roads are With tarmac and quite full. Also in some areas there are popular campsites which are served
By intrepid bus drivers e g for people to walk to that lake so can be busy. Of course in the summer the locals also like to get out and about round the coastal zones.
Cheers