Towards Snæfellnes Peninsula

When I woke up Borgarnes seemed like a different place, there was no wind and the sky was clear, gentle waves lapping at the bay by the camp.

I first charged there car at the N1 services nearby, they have toilets yay.  When ready the swimming baths were open.  They were great, but as amazing as the others but much better than a camp shower!  I went back to camp and read, then made dinner.

Later I went to the settlement center in Borgarnes.  You get an audio guide to lead you through a sequence of displays detailing Iceland's first settlers. Iceland is unusual in having written records going back to the very beginning.  The first part covered multiple settlers, the second half told a summary of the life story of the son of one of the first chieftains.  He was psychotic but had a away with words!

Afterwards I continued north, making a stop at a volcanic crater.  It felt rather like the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind!  The final ascent was very steep and a little scary.  At the top there's a sheer drop into the crater and amazing views.

The amazing views included approaching rain clouds so I had to rush back but it started to lash it down just add I got back to the car.

I then continued to Stykkishólmur in the north where there's a nice camp site which is thankfully still open.