Day 18
Thursday 18th July
I crawl out of my pit at 10:00; it’s dull and overcast
again. My leg seems a little better; I’m not limping anymore.
Richard and Martin leave heading towards Akureyri, I give
them a wave. This is the last time I see them.
After breakfast I do some more washing and listen to the
radio. Bored with this I then buy a lot of postcards and spend some time talking
to the girl in the shop who try’s to persuade me to go on a coach trip while
I’m resting my leg
I write some postcards then stroll up to the local pool for
a swim and soak in the outdoor hot tub, hoping that this will ease my leg.
Afterwards as the weather improves I go for a walk around
Myvatn, I follow a long fissure with several ladders leading down to hot springs
at the bottom. I don’t go down. The track leads between twisted blocks of lava
with the crater Hverfell on the horizon. This is a tephra ring, an almost
perfect cone shape with a crater at the apex made up of ejecta from an eruption.
Someone else is following the same route as me. RonHill
Tracksters, an ME Ultrafleece jacket, sandals and a CCS camera case. Exactly
what I’m wearing! It’s a good thing we aren’t at a party!
I wander back to the campsite and cook pasta with bacon,
egg and mushrooms then give the bike a check and oil the chain.
A final walk to the top of the hill next to the campsite and then its bedtime.