I suspect we are being toyed with by the weather Gods, today we experienced fantastic Sunshine all day and little to no wind. Neither of these things should be taken for granted here and I suspect that we have had sublime luck on our first day.
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| Ready to go... |
We are cycling entirely on Route 1, the Icelandic ring road, in Reykjavik and directly outside the capital this road is busy. Not only is it busy but the vehicles over taking you make Chelsea tractors look like scooters. Several of the 4x4s that came past had wheels taller than me. They also regularly have trailers as wide or wider than the vehicle. Fortunately the hard shoulder is quite wide as this is major route.
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| Our first stop, a shrine to Icelandic football |
The hi-light of the day was meeting Dave, Dave is from Seattle and he is running around the ring road. He plans to do this in 21 days, with a 3 wheel pram full of everything he needs. To do this he plans to run 30-50 miles, per day. If Humphrey and I do not manage at least 50 miles each day, we will have to look at ourselves long and hard and ask the question. How far has Dave gone today.
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| This is Dave, he is better than all of us. |
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| I don't know what this is... |
We have stopped for the night in Hella, 92km from Reykjavik. We started after lunch so not too bad a start.
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