After some Dougie shenanigans, our house sitter Abi settled, the suitcase weighed repeatedly until it finally read just under the allowance...we finally set off for the airport.
1. And then we stopped. For an hour and a half on the M56. And Stu was bursting for a pee. Finally after the accident (no clue what happened but hope all were ok) we set off again to drop the car in Cheadle. This time we were flying Easyjet. And thankfully everything was on time. Even security wasn't too much of a hassle. Though we did have to empty nearly all the contents of the camera bag before it would get through the screening. 2. Arriving in Keflavik we set off at a determined pace to pick up our car. Only to find that our hire company of choice had moved. So back to the airport to find the rep. and a transfer to downtown Kef to collect our Jeep Compass. By now it was dark. And the dash of the car resembles a flight deck. And things were beeping. Repeatedly. 3. Anyway - we know where we're going. So, as I could make the car go forward and steer in the direction it needed to go, we set off....for a couple of kilometres. And then...the (only) main road from the airport past Reykjavik was closed. After a few minutes sitting with several other cars in a lay-by...we decided we had no option but to take the two hour detour. Just to get round to the other side of the city and head up to Borganes. We finally arrived at our hotel for the night five minutes after check-in, at 21:05. And crashed. After an hour of sleep I woke up - made myself a brew and stood on the balcony watching some pale green in the north sky. This morning, after a hearty breakfast (only £30...), we left our pitstop and headed north west to a little cabin by a lake. We're here for a few nights. It has a view. It has heating. It has a normal fridge and oven. It has a toaster. But it doesn't have a kettle. Also, infuriatingly...we had studied the online photos and determined the kind of coffee machine in the kitchen. Only to discover, on arrival, that it had changed to a pod-type one. Kettle is now a pan. And we discovered one of those tiny stove top coffee things. So we're all good. Key points so far:
Today's photos are a mishmash of today and yesterday. All iPhone pics as my camera is buried under Stu's chocolate stash in the kit bag.
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