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    I went bikepacking in Iceland in the WestFjords – a solo bikepacking adventure.

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    Routes here:
    Day 1: https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/5207579545
    Day 2: https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/5207592007
    Day 3: https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/5210431516/

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    Time stamps:

    0:00 – Intro
    1:05 – Day 1 – Stykkishólmur to Melanes Campsite Rauðisandur
    2:49 – Day 2 – Rauðisandur to Patreksfjörður
    5:42 – Day 3 – Patreksfjörður back to Brjanslaekur Ferry
    7:55 – Rest at the Geothermal Hot spring – Hot Tub
    8:10 – Ferry back to Stykkishólmur
    8:50 – Summary and BTS

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    17 Comments

    4. Swampy Duck Rides Again on

      Lovely video despite the weather, that campsite is a little gem.
      Wanted to go bikepacking to Iceland for 45 years but never made it 🙁
      You were quite right to check into the hotel nothing worse than getting so wet and cold that leads to hypothermia had that last year in summer on a night ride torrential rain, thunder lightening and hail, waterproofs failed. It was only due to the kindness of a stranger giving me and my bike a lift to shelter that I was okay.

    6. Dan Mur on

      I just came back from the Westfjords. Never imagined someone would bike that. This video is absolutely amazing !

    9. Tony F on

      Quite an adventure, beautifully filmed, despite the – let's say – inclement conditions. I cheated a few years back by taking the hire car across Breiðafjörður on the ferry and then using it as a mobile base for day-trips on my bike. So no will-I-or-won't-I-die moments, but at the same time much less challenging than bikepacking, as very little had to be carried each day. Exploring each of the finger peninsulas pointing towards Greenland was good fun, though, and Dynjandi waterfall (halfway to Ísafjörður) has to be seen to be believed, after even a small amount of rain. Had a night on Flatey too (pronounced 'flat-ay'), mainly a haven for birdwatchers. There was an Icelandic-TV serial set there about five years ago (1970s in the storyline) called The Flatey Enigma, which gives a really good impression of what life was like there just a couple of generations ago. No longer on iPlayer, but with BBC Four being threatened with demotion to an internet-only archive channel it may well re-appear …

    14. Billy MTB on

      Awesome film, I love it. How easy/hard was it taking your drone there? Are the rules relaxed or were you made to jump through hoops like some other countries.

    17. Mohamad Shahariz on

      I am glad to have found your video. I am flying to Iceland this coming September for 35 days alone to bike tour the country. Westfjord surely on my list. Btw, were you staying mostly at hotels instead of camping?. Because I don't plan on staying at hotels since they are really expensive.

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