Wonderful ... great reporting and some great photographs. I'm sure Giles will be along shortly to ask for details ...
Power to your elbow Tim
Power to your elbow Tim
ICELAND - A game of three halves
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Wonderful ... great reporting and some great photographs. I'm sure Giles will be along shortly to ask for details ...
Power to your elbow Tim
Thanks Micky, ah yes I've not heard from the Vignetting Vigilante in a while
Very interesting
Right, we need to crack on with this final day's proper riding together as tonight we're rendezvousing (had to google the spelling there!) with my beautiful wife Ange.
She will have hopefully arrived in Reykjavik, picked her bike up and made her way around the south coast and inland up a very rugged track and is lying naked in a wood cabin waiting for me.......
So quite fittingly after a few trails our first stop is to view Hekla ....... something else which hasn't erupted in a while and is long overdue.
She will have hopefully arrived in Reykjavik, picked her bike up and made her way around the south coast and inland up a very rugged track and is lying naked in a wood cabin waiting for me.......
So quite fittingly after a few trails our first stop is to view Hekla ....... something else which hasn't erupted in a while and is long overdue.
ost picsThe next track/road is possibly one of my favorites in the whole of Iceland but from about a third of the way in I didn't stop to take any photos hopefully there should be some in the second and third halves as I'd be riding back up it in a couple of days with some deviations!! and again in around 3 weeks time.
I should say it's also Throstur's favorite road and they used to race up this first part on road bikes!
During the 'third half', ButtonMoon rode up alongside me saying he's never seen anywhere so beautiful as here.
I should say it's also Throstur's favorite road and they used to race up this first part on road bikes!
During the 'third half', ButtonMoon rode up alongside me saying he's never seen anywhere so beautiful as here.
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It was undisputed that that final day was the single best day of the trip, despite the frosty reception I got in the morning 
all the geordies said, it was the best days trail riding they'd ever done, and they'd done a fair bit, for me it had everything. 
all the geordies said, it was the best days trail riding they'd ever done, and they'd done a fair bit, for me it had everything. 
Fabulous views from the top
So we stop, make a brew and have lunch
And take a few photos.
Phil, on the right here has the most brilliant attitude to life which spilled over onto this trip, "Just feckin get on with it and do it" was his motto..
So while we're enjoying our picnic lunch on the lip of this (hopefully) extinct volcano....
.....Phil decides to climb down, strip off and go for a swim
"How was it Phil?" the others asked, "F*cking cold but I feel brilliant" was of course his reply
The lads
We cross a couple of rivers and stop off at busy Landmannalaugar, some use the natural hot springs before continuing in a southerly direction over countless mountain ranges and rivers. The scenery always stunning.
As the track begins to level out we stop and I grab this shot which seems to again sum Phil up.
A few days earlier near Askja his fairing was flapping around after losing some bolts, he quickly Gaffa taped it up and was passing other riders at 85mph + in the gravel and rocks, nearly over shooting blind crests which dropped into rivers.
Top man
Much further than the thirty miles I told them, we finally rode up the fantastic and rugged track to Thakgil/Þakgil.
Ange had discovered this place during her research when deciding where to meet.
She couldn't have picked a more suitable place, it was most certainly the icing on the cake for a memorable day!!
She waits.
Actually for me the icing on the cake was still to come.
There she was ..... although not naked ........ yet!
Difficult to capture this place with a photo, as you arrive through a twisting canyon it suddenly opens out into this flat bottomed crater, surrounded on all sides with rugged cliffs.
So we stop, make a brew and have lunch
And take a few photos.
Phil, on the right here has the most brilliant attitude to life which spilled over onto this trip, "Just feckin get on with it and do it" was his motto..
So while we're enjoying our picnic lunch on the lip of this (hopefully) extinct volcano....
.....Phil decides to climb down, strip off and go for a swim
"How was it Phil?" the others asked, "F*cking cold but I feel brilliant" was of course his reply
The lads
We cross a couple of rivers and stop off at busy Landmannalaugar, some use the natural hot springs before continuing in a southerly direction over countless mountain ranges and rivers. The scenery always stunning.
As the track begins to level out we stop and I grab this shot which seems to again sum Phil up.
A few days earlier near Askja his fairing was flapping around after losing some bolts, he quickly Gaffa taped it up and was passing other riders at 85mph + in the gravel and rocks, nearly over shooting blind crests which dropped into rivers.
Top man
Much further than the thirty miles I told them, we finally rode up the fantastic and rugged track to Thakgil/Þakgil.
Ange had discovered this place during her research when deciding where to meet.
She couldn't have picked a more suitable place, it was most certainly the icing on the cake for a memorable day!!
She waits.
Actually for me the icing on the cake was still to come.
There she was
..... although not naked ........ yet!
Difficult to capture this place with a photo, as you arrive through a twisting canyon it suddenly opens out into this flat bottomed crater, surrounded on all sides with rugged cliffs.
It's almost as sad to round off this part of the ride report as it was to say farewell to the lads the following morning.
That evening and next morning we all had long chats with each other and when it was time for them to leave with Mark to Reykjavik, I embraced them all, even hugged a Scotsman ffs!!!
This was a bitter/sweet moment for me, yes I was with my lovely wife for the following two weeks but fuck I was actually going to miss these ugly bastards!!
So boys, I know most of you aren't on this forum but hopefully you will get to read this at some point.
This was roughly your route in Red, and you'll remember some of it in the east we rode twice.
Thank you
Second and third halves to follow ...................................
That evening and next morning we all had long chats with each other and when it was time for them to leave with Mark to Reykjavik, I embraced them all, even hugged a Scotsman ffs!!!
This was a bitter/sweet moment for me, yes I was with my lovely wife for the following two weeks but fuck I was actually going to miss these ugly bastards!!
So boys, I know most of you aren't on this forum but hopefully you will get to read this at some point.
This was roughly your route in Red, and you'll remember some of it in the east we rode twice.
Thank you
Second and third halves to follow ...................................
Definitely doing this next year 
Absolutely cracking report & pics Tim
Can't wait for the other two halves....
Can't wait for the other two halves....
Absolutely cracking report & pics Tim
Can't wait for the other two halves....
What he says
How many 'halves' may we have please?
I hope there are dozens to come
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That was pretty special Tim, thanks again for everything, you were a pleasure to be with.
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This is better than reading Sunday papers this morning......and moon still hasn't got lost......
more please....
more please....
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Can I make it clear I didn't get lost in Iceland !!!
Might not be able to say the same about Scotland.
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How many 'halves' may we have please?
I hope there are dozens to come
Could this game of 3 halves become a trilogy of 4?
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I really enjoyed that. Thanks Tim.
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