Iceland part 2

Continued...

I eventually got to the end of the Kjoler route, and after about 180km of second and third gear, it was nice to get into 6th. I headed to Varmahlid to get some fuel. as I was on reserve, and camped the night there, where a Dutchman shared some single malt whiskey with me.
  The next morning, I headed to a place on Route 1 called Hammstangi then turned onto F578, a track only suitable for modified 4x4's. I didn't realise the track was still closed, and after about 6 hours of taking my time enjoying the scenery, I was overtaken by a 4x4. A bit later on, I met him coming back the other way, and he told me the river crossing was impassable so I went to have a look. I had to be careful, as I was unable to get breakdown cover for this trip as the bike is too old, so if I drowned the bike I would be in serious trouble. As it happened, there is some very soft black sand under the water, so I chickened out!

It meant I had to go back the way I had come, and then spent the night camping in Hammstangi.
   The next morning I went to a place called Reykholt, and got on the F550 route across the desert which was very nice between the glaciers

this route I did on my reserve tank, as I wanted to empty my plastic fuel can into the main tank ready for shipping back to England a few days later
I then made my way back to Thingvellir to camp the night

I also camped a night in Reykjavik so It would be easy to get the bike to the docks for Monday morning. All told, I did 970km mostly on dirt tracks and had a really good time!

                                                                   

Iceland

I have been planning to do this trip for a while. and I wanted to use my XT225 for exploring the Highlands. A week before the trip, I decided to replace the rear tire on the bike. When I took the old one off, I discovered the wheel was badly corroded, I did have a picture, but the scumbags at photobucket want to charge me 400 dollars to view it!

After a bit of a bodge, the bike was ready to go on the back of the car to Immingham, ready to be shipped to Iceland. I flew out there to meet it, although I had to wait a day for Customs to clear it, so I stayed in the "Galaxy Pod Hostel

which was a bit of an unusual experience

When the bike eventually cleared, I rode out to Thingvelir

Then I went to Geysir and got a shot of Strokkur going off

Next on the list was Gullfoss

Then away from civilisation on the Kjolur Route across the Highlands

I then found a nice remote wild campsite 11km down an unnamed track

Then more travelling along the Kjoler route

Its great being in the middle of nowhere on a 26 year old motorcycle

where the road stretches as far as the eye can see

To be continued...