Since I have continued to learn Icelandic it makes sense to go back there. And since I’m going back I have to keep on learning. It seems that there is no way out of this vicious circle.
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It is not that easy to go north after all.
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It feels good to finally sleep as long as I want. I wake up around eight but here time is three hours behind us.
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A lot to do in the morning.
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Rayzorbill's eggs for breakfast.
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Almost good weather. Dry, patches of sun, painted sky.
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The morning is clouded and rainy as predicted. Slow breakfast, book-reading, movie, packing and last lunch. A pair of swans lives on the bay.
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I spend the Victory Day in tent (we beat the Germans on that day some time ago).

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It rains quite heavily in the night and continues into the morning so that I postpone waking up repeatedly. Then I decide to start moving to be ready if the rain should stop.
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It is warm in the tent in the morning. I suspect that the weather forecast has been right and indeed, partly cloudy nice weather. This suits well for the planned detour.
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It gets hot in the tent around six when sun has finished its tour around the mountain ridge. When it was behind the ridge then it was quite chilly. Birds sing on top of their voices. Read more

Today heating is turned on already at five.
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I try to finish breakfast before the teachers wake up.
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Today has five parts: over flat hill to next valley, cold footbath, back over Svartaskarð, a stretch of unmarked territory and descent to Hrafnfjörður.
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It should take two days to walk to Grunnavík according to my math.
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Some drizzle in the morning that finishes before breakfast.
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Autumn. It was cold in the night. Hornstrandir is packed in clouds, only Einbúi is let out for a moment. I begin with Thoreau's Walden while I wait for the tent to dry a bit.
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No heating in the morning which means that it is again autumn outside. Dark blue clouds approach from the sea and water that was smooth until then wrinkles up following the movement of the cloud. Read more

It is warm to sleep, I can see a patch of blue sky from the window in the morning. Read more

Breakfast with the riders. I have a longer chat with Amélie who can drive all kinds of watervessels and seems like a very cool person.
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Breakfast in the boat at eight.
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It is not easy to leave. Gets more difficult every time.
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Moving counterclockwise steals time. Starting in Keflavík at one in the night and flying three hours then you are in Vantaa at seven in the morning.
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