11.06.24 Bifröst-Reykjavik (bus)

Finally made the full round. Not all on own machine, unfortunately, but still. 

Cycled 10-12km also in fact. First to two interesting sites close to Bifröst, an old volcano crater and a waterfall. And finally 6km from the final bus stop to the camping site in Reykjavik. Nice weather, so decided to use the tent for another night after having carried it on my bike for almost 1000km.

Tried to use mostly my right leg on the bike, and that worked surprisingly well. Left knee feels better tonight than for a long time, but I don't think that means I could have cycled 80km. But I hope it means I won't have any lasting injury.

The Gråbrok crater. Lave fields around, 3000 years old. Nice walking path around

View from the top to Bifröst

Glanni waterfall

And today the bus stopped where the sign was! 

Simple camping dinner tonight

So why am I doing this? A combination of factors:

1) I have always liked to be "on my way" from place to place, on my own power. Biking or walking. My best hikes are the longest also. It gets you in a special state of mind which in the end helps a lot to reduce your stress level (although stressing situations normally occur once in a while). 

2) Cycling (and even more walking) bring you much closer to nature (even on a road), you can stop where you want, take the picture you want, rest where you want (though the latter is not necessarily always comfortable, especially in bad weather). 

3) Want to challenge myself, getting a bit out of my comfort zone. Even though I will call myself pretty experienced in this game, things happen that are not always straight forward to solve, but you need to solve them. 

4) I think I also want to proof for myself that "I am not old yet". There will be an end to that in a couple of years, but I hope for some more years (and that the knee was a one-time issue). 

Thanks for reading, and hopefully there will be a new blog next year. And feel free to comment!