Expeditie blog

Lunch on most north of Iceland. Strong headwinds. pic.twitter.com/qjamkwzS

Lots of headwinds and very cold. Depressing environment. Veel tegenwind en erg koud. Deprie omgeving.

Yesterday we left with a little drizzle and fog it was a cold start. After 16 km we reached Flatey a small island with a couple houses a church and nobody as it looked to us. We sat there cold … Read More

Just arrived on Flattley for short lunchbrake. pic.twitter.com/7o1t1glj

What a mess can it it be in the kayak. Not only carrying stinking shirts, underwear and forgotten food but also a lot of smelling seaweed and little black stones everywhere. So we cleaned all day, found a washing machine … Read More

Just arrived in Siglufjordur. We will stay here for one day. The weather is great.

The last two day’s we did two crossings. That’s not unusual for Iceland. A circumnavigation of Iceland means you have to deal with a lot of crossings. Mostly with headwinds and choppy seas. We get used to it now. The … Read More

After a good night sleep a wonderful breakfast we left Krossnes with his very kind ladies who took good care of us. We started at 10 with our crossing without any wind. With a flat sea we spotted a whale … Read More

We have been invited by very kind people. Had dinner and we can stay for the night. Tomorrow 47 km crossing. Now in Krossnes. Zijn nu bij heel lieve mensen uitgenodigd. Gegeten en mogen blijven slapen. Morgen oversteek van 47 … Read More

The night before and in the morning we had a storm. Left around noon through heavy surf. Afgelopen nacht en ochtend storm gehad. Tegen de middag vertrokken door dikke branding.