Iceland tour 2007

Iceland tour 2007

After our tour in Norway we decided that we just had to try Iceland for our next cycle tour as it sounded so interesting from the other tourers we had met who had toured there. The country had always fascinated the both of us with it's volcanic geology. I had done 'A level' geology at school and learnt so much about volcanic areas with fumeroles and the like that I wanted to see them first hand. Frank had nearly been there on a school trip years ago put had to pull out due to illness, therefore she was keen to see what she had missed. Therefore we booked a couple of tickets on the ferry from Scrabster to Sey∂isfjör∂ur.

You can read more about our Iceland travels in our travelogue pages using the links below:

Part 1 - Smryll line ferry journey & Seyðisfjörður to Myvatn. Part 2 - Myvatn, Krafla fissure & Whale watching. Part 3 - Kölur highland route, Kerlingarfjöll, Gulfoss, Geysir

& the Jökulsárlán glacial lake. Part 4 - Höfn to Seyðisfjörður and the Faeroe islands.

We have outlined the route that we took on the map below:

Iceland Tour 2007 Route Map

Outlined below are the statistics of our tour:

Day	Start	Finish	Distance in miles	Time in Saddle	Average speed
1	Sey∂isfjör∂ur	Eglisstaðir	18.2
2	Eglisstaðir	Saenautasel	46.25	7.27	6.2
3	Saenautasel	Möðrudalur	18.1	3.36	4.7
4	Möðrudalur	Myvatn	43.4	5.51	7.5
5	Myvatn	Myvatn	11	1.33	7.4
6	Myvatn	Myvatn	24.9	2.57	8.2
7	Myvatn	Myvatn	10.3	1.27	7
8	Myvatn	Myvatn	18.1	2.41	6.5
9	Myvatn	Myvatn	8.4	1.08	7.3
10	Myvatn	Husavik	36.3	5.28	6.6
11	Husavik	Godafoss	31.6	3.22	9.3
12	Godafoss	Myvatn	32.8	4.19	7.5
13	Kerlingarfjöll	Hvítárnes	21.5	4.04	5.2
14	Hvítárnes	Geysir	34.1	4.12	8.1
15	Geysir	Hella	49.7	4.21	11.4
16	Skaftafell	Kálfafellsstaður	50.1	5.49	8.5
17	Kálfafellsstaður	Höfn	35.6	4.11	8.5
18	Eglisstaðir	Sey∂isfjör∂ur	18.2	2.56	6.1
19	Torshavn	Eiði	38.2	5.06	7.4
20	Torshavn	Torshavn	9.5	1.2	7

		Total distance cycled 556.25 miles
		An average of 27.8 miles per day