driving to Snaefellsness

After a night as the only guest at a farm house in the remote south west fjord town (?), OK locality, of Bjarkalundur I had a leisurely drive. The ocean is full of islands and looks more like lakes than ocean, so lots of lovely birds and plants

 This area is very fragile, so that the entire Peninsula is Green Certified..

 The mountains here have that some amazing colour as in the centre, I think its called Rhyolite, all pinks and creams..

 This was my cup of coffee spot, the autumn colours of the moss are really pretty. I'm turning into a great old person, I see a nice spot, stop and put on some water to boil and have a nice little cuppa...

 The lava formations area amazing here, this is a valley where you can clearly see that laving flow down it and stop, just frozen ( or cooled!) mid flow. There is a farm house just behind me, it probably wasn't there when the lava happened, but still...

 I had a proper cafe lunch (yippee) in a place called Stykkisholmur, and this was their lovely ship sculpture in the harbour. Followed up my fish, salad and fish soup lunch with the local ice cream, the name of which translated to Bullshit!!!

 Started to get views of Snaefellsjokull, the glacier mountain, but the top was covered in cloud. This is Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of The Earth Mountain, and the area is said to have great New Age Spiritual significance. Who knows what Ill find on my hikes?

Also drove through the Beserkjahraun area, a big lava field over 15km where Saga Legend has it that a farmer got two Berserk Viking Brothers to clear a path as they both wanted to marry his daughter. Being berserk Vikings they of course succeeded, and he then tricked and killed them both ( with the help of his daughter, the women area always evil in the Saga's).

Spending the night in the nice Grudargjordur Hostel, with about 6 other people, all who are hoping that the weather forecasts are wrong for tomorrow!