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| Sulisuli Member Since: 30 Oct 2016 Location: South west Posts: 4799   
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Sounds like a nice birthday treat
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6th Oct 2019 7:23pm |
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| Jeebs Member Since: 23 Oct 2015 Location: North West Posts: 197 
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Hopefully, I dragged her to China earlier in the year and she wasn’t overly keen, said it’s somewhere she’s never wanted to go.
All I heard was, “it smells”, “I don’t like the food, what meat even is that?!”, “ergh it’s too hot but too cold and wet at the same time”, “everyone is so rude!”, “oh look another shrine to consumerism!” ad infinitum! 😂 I did suggest ZA, Botswana, Namibia or Zim this year but she wasn’t onboard with that! The problem I have with Iceland is there is that much to see and do, and I’m not sure where to start as my last trip was for some geological fieldwork, so the days were spent looking at rocks and rock formations and the evenings in strange little hostels drinking aquavit and eating what I was told was puffin and starlings. |
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6th Oct 2019 7:43pm |
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| Sulisuli Member Since: 30 Oct 2016 Location: South west Posts: 4799
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I’d happily do any of the locations you mention and promise not to complain in anyway
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6th Oct 2019 7:50pm |
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| DSC-off Member Since: 16 Oct 2014 Location: North East Posts: 1443 
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I've never been to Iceland, but winter time wouldn't be my choice of season to visit.
Apart from a better chance of seeing the Northern Lights, there can't be any other advantage. Have you considered the daylight hours? Early Feb it won't get light until 10am, and it's dark again at 5pm. "It's cold, dark" might be her opinion! https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/iceland/re...;year=2019 |
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6th Oct 2019 8:54pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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How about asking her where she would like to go... from your past experience it sounds like you need to? |
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7th Oct 2019 3:30pm |
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| Jeebs Member Since: 23 Oct 2015 Location: North West Posts: 197
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😂 I know she wants to go to Iceland thankfully!
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7th Oct 2019 3:37pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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I worked out of Reykjavik for 5 years in the 1980’s and February will be dark,wet and depressing - not a great place for a holiday. If you really want to go north in the winter though a cruise on the Norwegian coastal ferries (The Hurtigruten) which have daily sailings year round from Bergen. Fewer people travel on it then too but you are also guaranteed to see the Northern Lights. I did the full round trip (12 days) in November 2016 and despite it being a bit of a “busman’s holiday for me as a seafarer, I enjoyed every minute of the trip. You can do one way Bergen to Kirkenes or interport trips on them too. We went on their largest ship, MV Finnmarken. Can also recommend their shorter cruises out to Svarlbard/ Spitsbergen. We are booked to do their Halifax to Anchorage, Northwest Passage cruise around the top of Canada next Autumn but that is 28 days. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
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7th Oct 2019 3:51pm |
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| MC84 Member Since: 22 May 2016 Location: Near Bristol Posts: 360 
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7th Oct 2019 4:31pm |
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| keef9t Member Since: 13 Mar 2016 Location: manchester Posts: 183 
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I've looked at Hurtigruten as my wife has always wanted to see the Northern lights. I understand they are working ships (ferries). Not sure if I could take more than a few days on one. Plus my wife doesn't like fish ("local food served"). I take it you need to take Winter clothing and wellies if going in February.
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7th Oct 2019 5:11pm |
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| Jeebs Member Since: 23 Oct 2015 Location: North West Posts: 197
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Last time I went (14 yrs ago) it was April time, managed with a pair of US m65 canvas trousers, t shirt, fleece and a water/wind proof jacket. It wasn’t warm by any stretch of the imagination, but it wasn’t unbearable.
If I were to put her on a boat she would never speak to me again. When we moved over to Ireland, it was a glorious sunny day and glass calm. She proclaimed “Wow, ships are my favourite way to travel” 10mins into the journey. 15mins in she was decidedly green and feeing very ill 😂 |
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7th Oct 2019 7:39pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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Menus are “international” with local produce ingredients, not just fish based.
The ferries are what are termed Ro-Pax ships. Finnmarken carries up to 1000 passengers as well as cars and freight - its even the floating school bus on a Friday night and Sunday night raking kids home for the weekend and back to boarding school on the Sunday sailing. Finnmarken has all the facilities of a cruise ship including an outdoor heated pool...... she is the only one in the fleet with a pool. Going swimming when it is snowing hard is quite an experience! We also covered 36 ports in 12 days, some in the middle of the night others maybe long enough to take on 1 or 2 passengers. in November when we went we saw Aurora every night even when tied up in port. The longest open sea passage we had in 12 days was 4 hours, rest of the time you are sailing behind the coastal islands and skerries so never rough. I’m the Master / Captain of a huge containership and really loved the cruise even though FinnMarken was tiny compared to my command, crew are all Norwegian and although it was not a cheap trip it was worth every penny. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come 2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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7th Oct 2019 9:42pm |
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| 100inch Member Since: 15 May 2012 Location: Brunswick Posts: 411  
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My wife organised a trip to Iceland a few years ago (in February too). 10 plus days and definitely one of the best trips we did. We jumped on an organised 5 day tour with a fantastic guide and hired an Evoque after for a few days as we had covered the hard core 4x4 part at that stage. m
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8th Oct 2019 1:55am |
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