Category Archives: 2019 UK, Iceland and Ireland

Day 63, 21st of July 2019, East Iceland to Myvatn via Djupivogur, Faskruosfjorour & Myvatn Nature Baths

Left at 8am, we have a lot of driving today.  Filled up with diesel, not long after, it started raining quite heavily.  And it got heavier ? We went through our first tunnel here, 11/2 km long. Number of Views :1683

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Day 62 20th July 2019 Iceland Tour Day 2 Black Sands, Granite, Waterfalls, Volcanoes, Glaciers and Lava Plains.

We started early today, after cleansing sulphur assisted showers, we figured we were ready for anything! Seriously, the water here at our hotel has a strong sulphur aroma to it. Something to do with the volcanic ground water here at … Continue reading

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Day 61 19 July 2019 Iceland Tour Day1 Reykjavik to The Golden Circle, Geysir, Gullfoss and Seljalandsfoss.

When we opened the curtains this morning we were greeted with a view of clouds rolling down the distant mountains. They looked like an avalanche captured in time, as beautiful as amazing. We were picked up from our hotel and … Continue reading

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Day 60, 18th July 2019, Reykjavík, Iceland

Happy 61st birthday Greg, how lucky spending it here.  After birthday cards, messages and phone calls we headed out on a two hour city walk tour of Reykjavik.   What we enjoyed most was our guide Sara.  She is a formidable 39 year old, … Continue reading

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Day 59 17th July 2019 Manchester England to Reykjavik Iceland and The Blue Lagoon.

We were all packed and in a taxi to the airport on time at 10am. Pity our flight wasn’t on time. Deb got a message saying it was now leaving at 13:30 rather than the 12:55 scheduled time. By the … Continue reading

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Day 58. 16 July 2019. Cartmel to Manchester via Sizergh Castle

We had a little dilemma today, Manchester is about 90 mins away from Cartmel, we can’t check in at our accommodation until 3pm, so we looked around for things to do in the morning. Cate, our host, suggested we visit … Continue reading

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Day 57 15th July 2019 Coniston, Hawkshead and between Esthwaite Water and Windermere.

We had a quiet sort of day today in the lead up to a few days of traveling. We took a drive north to the small lakeside village of Coniston. The village is set on the north west edge of … Continue reading

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Day 56, 14th July 2019 Holker Hall, Wimbledon Final, L’Enclume

We had a lovely breakfast this morning all on our own, in a beautiful conservatory overlooking the garden.  We feel like we are staying with a crazy aunt.  Cate is delightful, the house is a little ramshackle in places, but only adds … Continue reading

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Day 55 13th July 2019 Keswick to Cartmel / Broughton Fields via Orrest Head Viewpoint, Windermere, Blackwell – The Arts and Craft House, and Cartmel Priory.

We left Keswick a bit before 9am this morning and headed south, exploring as we went. Our first stop was on the southern side of Windermere, we got a good park on the side of the main road just past … Continue reading

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Day 54 12 July 2019 Portinscale – Exploring the north half of The Lakes District by car, Castlerigg Stone Circle, Grasmere, Ambleside, Buttermere & Grange

After our big effort yesterday we decided on an easier day today taking in many of the main towns/villages/hamlets of The northern Lakes District. Number of Views :1113

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