by bre | Aug 16, 2025 | Watercolor, Art, Daily life
📍 ///rouses.pulsates.weaken We weren't lied to. Well... almost. 🌬️ During the night, the wind picked up violently, accompanied by rain. Suffice to say that my dreams of returning to the former American base at Straumnesfjall vanished: the rain is still okay,...
by bre | Aug 15, 2025 | Daily life, Visit
📍 ///manufactured.barn.sabotaged I take advantage of a nearby café to warm up and glean information on the weather, the region and especially the possibility of going to see the former American base of Straumnesfjall. Verdict: complicated... Tomorrow wind, Sunday...
by bre | Aug 14, 2025 | On the way, Hiking, Disordered thoughts
đź“Ť ///newlywed.placemat.fajitas 14 km between HlöðuvĂk and Hesteyri. The first 5-6 in a light but steady rain, the kind that never falls hard enough to convince you to bring out the big guns, but which eventually penetrates all the layers and hits...
by bre | Aug 13, 2025 | On the way, Hiking
đź“Ť ///proteins.gridded.comebacks The. Rain. Has. Stopped. Yes, yes. We didn't believe it anymore. We left as soon as possible, heading for HlöðuvĂk, 10 km from here. Two passes to cross, some technical sections—enough to dampen the troops' morale, quickly boosted in Búðir,...
by bre | Aug 12, 2025 | Bivouac, Daily life
đź“Ť ///indirect.highlighted.detrimental It's raining. Hard. Since yesterday. Non-stop. Cold, wind, humidity: everything is getting complicated. Cooking requires precise logistics so as not to turn the tent into a fire pit. Water has to be fetched from the other...
