Dear All I write up this blog entry from my time in the amazing Westfjords of Iceland. I certainly had a unique time there, and it was very much off-the-beaten tourist track, which I always like. The Lonely Planet says that only around 10% of visitors to Iceland make it to this part of the country, and it is well off the beaten Ring Road circuit. It was wet, windy, rugged and wild, and I had a highly enjoyable three days there. This is the part of Iceland which looks like someone has added an octopus or a squid to its north-western edge, with tentacle-like peninsulas running off in all sorts of directions. It looks amazing on a map, and I was intrigued to visit. I was not disappointed - the area was separate and seemingly
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