On 7 October I was up enjoying the summit of Hekla (ca.1500m) - one of the local volcanoes to the farm, and an active one (last erupted in 2000). Its a classic cone-shaped peak, with permanent ice along the crest of the summit ridge. I had already been hiking alone on the hill for the day, yet turned back because it was so snowy and the lava fields are never a good thing to cross under such conditions.... anyhow, at 4pm I was on my way back to the car (parked on an interesting intersection of the F225 Landamannalaugur road.... don´t try this at home with a Renault Clio kids!) when I met a few others just about to hike up. So, at this late stage of the day we all tramped up to the summit together - we made it for sunset and it was a stunner.
And what better way to end the day: camping at a hot pot - ahhh....
(this is me having breakfast in bath, the following morning!)
(this is me having breakfast in bath, the following morning!)
The roads to Hekla - good for my Clio and bad....
This all happened a few weeks back - the sun set at 8pm then. These days the sun is rising about 10am and setting by about 5.30pm.... hello winter!
2 comments:
Have a good winter wee squirelish girl!
takk fyrir (thanks in icelandish)
you too, roseate lady
hope azores is still nice weather ;)
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