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Day 12: Saturday 25 August 2012 Start: 2357km End: 2797km Distance travelled: 440km (278 miles) And so it comes to the final stretch of our road trip adventure. We breakfast again; cereal followed by pancakes and jam – today rhubarb…

Day 11: Friday 24 August 2012 Start: 2097km End: 2357km Distance travelled: 260km (161 miles) Cereal for breakfast followed by pancakes with rhubarb jam and a tour of the animals on the farm. They have calves, and a pig and…

Day 10: Thursday 23 August 2012 Start: 1779 End: 2097 Distance travelled: 318km (197 miles) We get up extra in order to get through the bathroom before the other guests as there is only one bathroom for three rooms. Our…

Day 9: Wednesday 22 August 2012 Start: 1427km End: 1779km Distance travelled: 352km (218 miles) Our last breakfast with Vilborg and we are both very sad about it. She is a lovely person and a wonderful host. In doing a…

Day 8: Tuesday 21 August 2012 Start: 1176km End: 1427km Distance travelled: 251km (156 miles) Another good breakfast from Vilborg to begin our second day in the north, before we head out for the high pass over the mountains, but…

Day 7: Monday 20 August 2012 Start: 401km End: 845km Distance travelled: 444km (275 miles) Breakfast at 8 o’clock. We have one other couple, French, who are staying at Vilborg’s. The table is laid with every care and attention and…

Day 6: Sunday 19 August 2012 Start: 401km End: 845km Distance travelled: 444km (275 miles) The wind definitely whistles through Brautaholt, and blustery as it is outside it is in nowhere near as blustery as it sounds. The day is…

Saturday 18 August 2012 Start: 0km End: 401km Distance travelled: 401 km (240 miles) Having collected the jeep last night we were free to take a more leisurely approach to breakfast and to getting all packed up and ready to…

Day 2: Wednesday 15 August We were not up late, considering the hour that we went to bed, but we had a leisurely breakfast with our cereal laden with fresh fruit and various mjölks. Washing this morning I find it…

Day 1: Tuesday 24 August It may be my fourth visit to Iceland but I have never before arrived in the hours of darkness. To keep to our budget we couldn’t afford the normal mid-morning flight that I’ve always had,…