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| bolampau Member Since: 06 Jan 2012 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 100   
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We toured Iceland by car back in 1997 and it was a great experience. We rented a Suzuki Vitara and by the end of the two weeks it had taken a bit of battering from stones hitting the bodywork and a smashed light and wing mirror glass......really glad I could just hand the car back at the end of the journey. Expect a few dings etc on your Disco 4!
Cheers, Paul |
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22nd Jan 2012 10:09am |
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| noworries4x4 Member Since: 24 Dec 2010 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 1195 
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Its not easy to get your car out there, From the UK the easiest is to put it into a container at Immingham wait a week and a half then fly out collect it at the docks in the Capital (cant spell Recyavic not looking it up at the moment), there is a car ferry service that runs via the Fario Islands to Norway but from the UK this ment Aberdeen to Shetlands, Shetlands to the Fario's to long and a lot of waiting arround and the ferry comes into Iceland on the extream East of the isle and i have been told that take 12hrs solid driving to get over to the west where the capital and airports life ect are. Hope you have deep pockets it is horrendsley expensive out there fuel in 05 was £4litre a small beer cost £8. You also have to fill out tempary import documents and are only allowed to have the viecle there a max of 6weeks. If you need shipping info i can give you the details and as your not from the uk the container ship also sails via Rotterdam so you could load up there instead of Immingham. If everything is under control you are not going fast enough.
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22nd Jan 2012 10:30am |
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| Higgers Member Since: 08 Apr 2009 Location: Cheshire Posts: 668 
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We're looking at the ferry from Denmark to Iceland with Smyril Line.
I was hoping it'd be a bit cheaper since it's economy collapsed  |
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22nd Jan 2012 12:12pm |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665 
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I am sure you know this already (as you are investigating yourself), the ferry company is http://www.smyrilline.com/frontpage.aspx
It's a long journey, but consider it a cruise! We went a couple of years ago, and hired a Ford 4x4, went see the geysers, and the big (huge) waterfall at Gulfoss, followed by a bit of a tour. Spent ages driving out of the city lights at night hoping to see the Northern Lights, but they must have been shining somewhere else for the duration of our trip. Beautiful place. Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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22nd Jan 2012 12:15pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Take me !
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22nd Jan 2012 12:28pm |
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| Surrey Rover Member Since: 20 Dec 2010 Location: Surrey Posts: 360 |
Take lots of money
Nick
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22nd Jan 2012 2:02pm |
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| Higgers Member Since: 08 Apr 2009 Location: Cheshire Posts: 668
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Looking at the ferry we can either go via the Faroe islands for three days or bypass straight to Iceland. The price is the same either way. I'm airing on the side of not missing the opportunity of seeing the Faroe's but has anyone else been?
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28th Jan 2012 2:20pm |
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| Higgers Member Since: 08 Apr 2009 Location: Cheshire Posts: 668
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Just received the Destination Iceland DVD
http://www.fullmoonvideo.co.uk/Welcome.html Very informative actually and the dodgy music at the start certainly gets better. My jobs for the weekend (as dictated by the wife) are to sort out: Fridge, Split Charge system, RAI, Cheers Ian  |
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4th Feb 2012 7:41am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Small world (though I wouldn't want walk it) we parked next to that guy last week, before we went laning, his 110 is Very VERY nice 
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4th Feb 2012 10:24am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20410
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Lucky man your wife wanting you to spend on the Land Rover  |
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4th Feb 2012 11:01am |
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| 1ten.neuss Member Since: 07 Nov 2008 Location: Neuss Posts: 27  
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Hi Ian,
I have been to Iceland in Jul/Aug 2011. In total 3 weeks which means: 1 week travelling, 2 weeks on Iceland. It is a long way with your own Landy but worth to make this tour. I was driving with a friend and our 2 daughters but took the ferry on my own. The others took a direct flight to Keflavik for around 300 € return. There are very resonable tickets available from AirBerlin (Duesseldorf) or GermanWings (Cologne). It is saving some frustration and also costs as a single bed in a shared 4 berth cabin is less expensive than taking a full cabin in high season. The only disadvantage is a nearly 800 km tour at the first and last day from the East Coast on Iceland to Keflavik airport. But this can be done within one day as the days are long and sunny in summer. I used my Garmin with a great free topo card from ourFootprints: http://www.ourfootprints.de/gps/mapsource-island_e.html. I returned new roads and findings to ourFootprints as some other users so the card is really excellent value. You can purchase excellent printed maps or a road atlas on Iceland for less money compared to Germany. A cool new site for planning and map is this one: http://i.ja.is/ Camping is really cheap as you pay per person only (about 6,60 € for an adult; kids 1/2 or sometimes free). You MUST be prepared for rain and very cold wind so I slept most nights with a cap in my roof tent. Petrol stations are rare in the highlands so in case you plan touring without a return to the ringroad take some 20-40 l extra fuel. Majority of fuel stations are not manned to yo MUST have a VIAS card with PIN; other wise NO fuel! Import of food is limited to 3kg per person, including liquids. Supermarkets are available in larger tows. I can share my .GPS file of my Iceland trip with you (just PN you email address) and you're welcome to join my YouTube impressions: Part1: ?hd=1 Part2: ?hd=1 Don't forget to take a tripod for taking pictures. Any additional question welcome. Regards, Bernd |
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4th Feb 2012 3:02pm |
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| Higgers Member Since: 08 Apr 2009 Location: Cheshire Posts: 668
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Thanks Bernd, I'd already got your videos saved as favourites on you tube.
I'll gat back to about the nav waypoints. I'm probably looking at paper maps to be honest and a old farming hand held for grid references. Ideas planning on using an iPad for nav but to be honest don't know where to start with it,  |
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9th Feb 2012 5:54pm |
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| 1ten.neuss Member Since: 07 Nov 2008 Location: Neuss Posts: 27
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Ian,
excellent paper maps are ISLANDSKORT 1:300000 or take the KORTABOK Road Atlas 1:300000. http://nammi.is/kortabok-1300000-p-2181.ht...rrency=GBP The Road Atlas contains also river crossings marked with a "V" in a circle, a km scale as well as coordinates at the map border and is more like a topo map. The Road Atlas costs 3.650 ISK (ISBN 978-9979-3-2753-0) and is worth the money and an excellent Iceland souvenir. You can also take a look here: http://www.ferdakort.is/ I'm also a big fan of paper maps and it helps me to get a good total overview. Regards, Bernd |
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9th Feb 2012 8:28pm |
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| Higgers Member Since: 08 Apr 2009 Location: Cheshire Posts: 668
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Thanks Bernd,
Ferry booked today - I had to sit down when Marie told me how much it was! |
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10th Feb 2012 7:41pm |
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