By Tony

Today was destined to be dull, hours of driving and not much else to get us to the north of the island. We had a relaxing start, with a surprisingly good breakfast and then headed for the first destination en-route, Hvitserkur, which is an Icelandic version of Durdle Door.

We arrived at Hvitserkur and that was the first real experience of just how cold it was! Freezing! With a windchill that subtracted another 10 degrees or more. A very swift walk resulted in a couple of photos, a few nice comments and what felt like frostbite

Back on the road in our nice warm car we then had an impromptu meeting with one of Li’s colleagues just to say hello for 5 minutes as we were driving in opposite directions around Iceland. A quick, but tasty burger at a petrol station and we were off again, this time with a supermarket as the destination.

Dull. Expensive and dull! Like a Lidl’s in style but Fortnum and Mason in cost! still, we have to eat and the food quality was good. We also found some Ling, similar to Cod, and Arctic Char, similar to trout for dinner; which although was expensive, was equally delicious we were to find out.

One excellent and small diversion around 30 minutes from our accommodation was a waterfall called Godafoss. It’s reasonably famous, in Iceland, and you can see why given the close proximity to the road, easy access and two really nice waterfalls.

Arriving at our Airbnb place around 7pm, we were pleasantly surprised. Similar to a shed in the middle of a field, but, well equipped inside and most importantly clean and very warm.

Li cooked a lovely dinner, the fish, and we relaxed. Happy that even though we’d driven for around 6 hours, it seemed quite an easy day