Day 25: Varmahlíð to Ólafsfjörður
24/07/19 17:34 Iceland
At 0:55 at night the earth shakes. There was an earthquake of magnitude 4,6 around 100 km north, 20 km northwest of Siglufjörður (was corrected to 4.3 later in the day). Even unusual for this area. I wake up.
No damages whatsoever.
© Icelandic Meteorological Office - the green star shows the epicenter of the quake
We drive to Hofsós. It's cloudy but it doesn't rain. There are no charges and we plan to charge at a cafe which turned out to be closed. A neighbor, driving an electric car himself, saw our Twizy and offered us to charge our car. Really nice!
We are able to get some coffee and then explore the area a bit. With an 80% charge we continue our trip. It's windy and the head wind causes us to charge again after 35 km at a gas station with an attached restaurant.
We are slow today and we have to charge for 2 hours before we head for Siglufjörður.
Charging at the back of the gas station
The road to Siglufjörður is like a roller coaster ride. Up and down, up again. Additionally they work on the road and scratched off the tarmac, leaving unpaved segments.
Once we've got the momentum an unpaved part comes up and you end up in gravel with 70 km/h. Or you have a gravel segment and a 10% pitch up. It's fun. Additionally it starts to drizzle.
GoPro picture before the drizzle and the dust messed up all other pictures
We cannot make it to Ólafsfjörður without some short additional charging stop. 20 minutes later we head to Ólafsfjörður and complete the 11 km tunnel without any problems and arrive at our hotel.
No damages whatsoever.
© Icelandic Meteorological Office - the green star shows the epicenter of the quake
We drive to Hofsós. It's cloudy but it doesn't rain. There are no charges and we plan to charge at a cafe which turned out to be closed. A neighbor, driving an electric car himself, saw our Twizy and offered us to charge our car. Really nice!
We are able to get some coffee and then explore the area a bit. With an 80% charge we continue our trip. It's windy and the head wind causes us to charge again after 35 km at a gas station with an attached restaurant.
We are slow today and we have to charge for 2 hours before we head for Siglufjörður.
Charging at the back of the gas station
The road to Siglufjörður is like a roller coaster ride. Up and down, up again. Additionally they work on the road and scratched off the tarmac, leaving unpaved segments.
Once we've got the momentum an unpaved part comes up and you end up in gravel with 70 km/h. Or you have a gravel segment and a 10% pitch up. It's fun. Additionally it starts to drizzle.
GoPro picture before the drizzle and the dust messed up all other pictures
We cannot make it to Ólafsfjörður without some short additional charging stop. 20 minutes later we head to Ólafsfjörður and complete the 11 km tunnel without any problems and arrive at our hotel.