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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…
Continue readingDay 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…
Continue readingDay 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…
Continue readingDay 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…
Continue readingDay 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…
Continue readingDay 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…
Continue readingDay 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…
Continue readingSaturday 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…
Continue readingDay 4: Friday 17 August 2012 Another nice, leisurely breakfast this morning after another good night’s sleep, if a disturbed once at around 4 o’clock by Emma climbing up from under the back of the bed, across the pillow and…
Continue readingDay 4: Thursday 16 August Plans change. Given second thoughts Janet had decided her Peugeot 206 might be a little small for four people and two dogs so we belayed the trip to the golden circle. Instead, after a leisurely…
Continue readingDay 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…
Continue readingDay 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,…
Continue reading( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) Farewell To Alpago Day 15. 5 July 2006 Wednesday. Two and a half hours after I go to bed, and with dawn already broken Emi returns to the nursery school and goes…
Continue reading( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) A Party of Two Halves Day 14. 4 July 2006 Tuesday. We are given a lie in this morning, and I don’t even notice the seven o’clock bells. We breakfasdt leisurely and…
Continue reading( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) The Deer Hunters Day 13. 3 July 2006 Monday. Up early, we descend on the worksite in Chies and set to work on our steps. Part way through the morning, the film…
Continue reading( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) The Ascent is Slight and the Air is Thin Day 12. 2 July 2006 Sunday. With every night, I sleep better and better, but I still hear the seven o’clock bells without…
Continue reading( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) Beneath The Mountain Day 11. 31 July 2006 Saturday. Slept well until about eight-thirty although I was disturbed sometime in the middle of the night. Woken suddenly by what I imagine at…
Continue reading( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) The Importance of Knowing Where One’s Towel Is Day 10. 30 June 2006 Friday. Last night, at an hour past midnight I discovered that my towel was missing. Previously hung out to…
Continue reading( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) Venice Reprise: Trains and Tornados Day 9. 29 June 2006 Thursday. Up at 6am to have showered and breakfasted in time for the seven o’clock bells – our signal to leave the…
Continue reading( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) Bark Stripping and Step Building Day 8. 28 June 2006 Wednesday. Today was to be our first day off, but a look at the weather forecast suggested that Thursday might be cooler…
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