ICELAND - Big Bikes - It’s an adventure not a holiday!

[Pacific]

The next day, we dropped the luggage off the bikes as we would be returning to the campsite later that day and made our way ‘delicately’ out on to the trails.

The weather was perfect so we retraced our steps from the previous day to take in the views we had missed due to the low cloud.

Tim took us through a lava field.

And then on to the coast.

Finally climbing up and over a pass with spectacular views.

And fish & chips for lunch.

 

[Pacific]

The best kind of nights !!

Did someone do a RR of the earlier wet trip ?

I think Tim might be planning to do a RR on the wet trip.

 

[Pacific]

After lunch we had a dash back to the campsite via road to pack up the tents and catch the ferry to the Westfjords.

Off the ferry, we headed out along the peninsula to the next campsite for the night.

Another really enjoyable day with the weather playing its part.

 

[Aidan1150]

Don't stop now fer fucks sake........

 

[Sweaty Sock]

Don't stop now fer fucks sake........

Fekkin' fantastic! Bring on the dancing elves/pixies or whatever! More malt whiskey! Amazin' stuff! And great photos.

 

[Doc]

Nice one. A brilliant place to visit.

 

[earthmover]

Hating this too.
Mark

 

[JonnyBravo]

the best motorcyle adventure playground I have ever been to
stunning place and great people

 

[Welshboxer]

Great ride report, keep it coming.

 

[TLSgazza]

A few more pics of the first couple of days.

 

[TLSgazza]

More.

 

[TLSgazza]

Couple more

 

[Pacific]

Thanks for the encouragement folks and for the additional pics Gary - keep them coming!

 

[finn]

Thanks for the encouragement folks and for the additional pics Gary - keep them coming!

Use the link for my pics when appropriate if needed


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[Pacific]

The camp was quiet in the morning.

We packed up the bikes and headed out towards some cliffs to see Puffins.

Shortly after joining the main (gravel) road Tom had an off and was high-sided from his bike.

Fortunately Tom was OK but was obviously in some pain.

Within a few minutes a car stopped and a Polish guy approached us and explained he was a medical student and offered to help. He confirmed what Tom already knew - a broken collar bone!

The Polish guy very kindly took Tom to the nearest town in his car, accompanied by Kevan following on the Yam.

We regrouped, sorted Tom’s bike which had a couple of light scratches only and made our way to the town. Lampo rode Toms 1250 and Garry took him back for the 640.

We were all relieved that Tom was OK and reminded how quickly things can go wrong and that it could happen to any of us.

Tom found his way to a medical centre, was x-rayed which confirmed the break, given some pain killers and then joined us at the town’s filling station come cafe.

We waited while Tom and Tim made arrangements for the bike to be recovered to Reykjavík and for Tom to fly home.

During this time, Garry decided to fill his bike whilst his helmet was resting on the mirror, the helmet started to fall and what followed was a slow motion balancing act of juggling his helmet with one hand and trying to keep the bike upright with the other, the end result is below - much to the amusement of the watching group! No harm done.

Once the arrangements were finalised, we left Tom in good spirits (considering the circumstances) and made our way to the next stop.

 

[TLSgazza]

The camp was quiet in the morning.

We packed up the bikes and headed out towards some cliffs to see Puffins.

Shortly after joining the main (gravel) road Tom had an off and was high-sided from his bike.

Fortunately Tom was OK but was obviously in some pain.

Within a few minutes a car stopped and a Polish guy approached us and explained he was a medical student and offered to help. He confirmed what Tom already knew - a broken collar bone!

The Polish guy very kindly took Tom to the nearest town in his car, accompanied by Kevan following on the Yam.

We regrouped, sorted Tom’s bike which had a couple of light scratches only and made our way to the town. Lampo rode Toms 1250 and Garry took him back for the 640.

We were all relieved that Tom was OK and reminded how quickly things can go wrong and that it could happen to any of us.

Tom found his way to a medical centre, was x-rayed which confirmed the break, given some pain killers and then joined us at the town’s filling station come cafe.

We waited while Tom and Tim made arrangements for the bike to be recovered to Reykjavík and for Tom to fly home.

During this time, Garry decided to fill his bike whilst his helmet was resting on the mirror, the helmet started to fall and what followed was a slow motion balancing act of juggling his helmet with one hand and trying to keep the bike upright with the other, the end result is below - much to the amusement of the watching group! No harm done.

Once the arrangements were finalised, we left Tom in good spirits (considering the circumstances) and made our way to the next stop.

Just a couple more scratches on my bike and helmet,. I visited Tom after leaving the airport taking tim to his for his van. He's in good spirits and hopefully seeing a doctor again next week at the hospital. I should be able to get his bike back to him when I pick mine up. I'll sort some more pics later.

 

[Toddmeister]

Shit news for poor Tom (Smug on here)

Recover well fella and if you need me to help with bike collection just PM - I owe Tom a favour from last year!

 

[Pacific]

The scenery continued to impress.

We stopped at the self-service counter of a fish processing plant to collect fresh fish and fish soup for dinner with payment left in an honesty box. Tim had been before and promised the soup was worth the short detour.

It was then off to the next campsite, with the sunset lighting up the wall of the fjord across the water.

The fish soup did not disappoint - I’d go back just for that!

 

[Pacific]

Shit news for poor Tom (Smug on here)

Recover well fella and if you need me to help with bike collection just PM - I owe Tom a favour from last year!

Agreed!

 

[Welshboxer]

That scran looks great.