Geoff Brock & Bruce Gamble
         
     
   
 
 
 
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Day 4: The West: Stykkishólmur, Breiðafjörður

Exploring the port town of Stykkishólmur in the morning, then a long
coach excursion around the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in the afternoon.

Monday 12th June 2023
 
 
A map of showing our location. See also Snæfellsnes.
 
Approach to the port early in the morning.
 
We were told that it was a small port, requiring excellent navigation skills.
 
 
 
 
 
Our captain's parking skills were excellent!
 
 
We attended the introductory briefing. We decided not to join the guided stroll to Sugandisey Island, deciding instead to explore the port area and to look for the "futuristic" church on the hill, before going across to the island by ourselves later.
 
 
The town seemed to be welcoming. We liked the rainbow flag.
 
Our ship on the left, with Sugandisey in the centre.
 
The church looked interesting. We decided to go and take a look.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We walked back to the picturesque port...
 
 
 
 
...and then decided to go across to the island and climb up to where we could see people.
 
 
The views from the top made the climb worthwhile.
 
 
 
 
 
Lunch was served very early. Geoff decided not to join the five and a half hour afternoon excursion, so Bruce went on his own. This is the route that he was taken on, in an anti-clockwise direction.
 
 
The scenery was wonderful. I wish we could have stopped more often, but we had quite some distance to cover.
 
 
 
 
This was our first stop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We headed north towards the Westfjords region, a large peninsula in the north west of the country.
 
 
 
©Geoff Brock and Bruce Gamble