Today we continued along the Snaefellsness peninsula, and our first stop was Londrangar cliffs near Anastapi. Once a volcanic crater, all that remains after thousands of years of ocean battering are two great pillars upon a cliff, one 246 feet high and the other 200 feet. The walk along the cliffs was, of course, a windy one, but the views were incredible. Moss covered lava is the entire landscape, and thousands of birds nest in the cliffs. All long the path, wildflowers of all colors and shapes lined the cliff walk. Such tiny adornment for the huge rock formations!
After getting battered by the wind here for a while, we moved on to Rauofeldsgja Gorge. We hiked up to the gorge, but didn't go further to skip across the rocks in the river.
We then stopped at Ytri-Tunga, a place on the south shore of the peninsula where seals were said to gather. We walked out to the beach, but the seals were somewhat offshore, and hard to see. The beach was strewn with rocks that I chose not to navigate as the wind was conspiring to knock me down. Ray did, but his view of the seals wasn't much better than mine.
Our stopping point for the day was at a wonderful little guesthouse in Kirkjubol, a small village near Reykholt, about 70 miles from Reykjavik. This is a family-run accommodation that is also a working farm. The dining room used to be the cow shed!
Pictures are here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/oP4QSV3CHtyAzNSE8
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