{"id":35476,"date":"2023-04-15T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=35476"},"modified":"2023-12-27T14:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T14:11:34","slug":"last-confirmation-e-biking-outings-meet-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/last-confirmation-e-biking-outings-meet-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Confirmation, e-Biking Outings & Meet-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 15 – 30 April 2023, posted online 27 December 2023. The calm between the storms, as Christmas is done, and New Year’s Eve looms. No work until the new year.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last confirmation party came and went, with a bit of photography on my part. Then I caved in at a sale, upgraded my e-bike to something properly powerful, and signed for with an e-biking group. The biking schedule was pretty packed, and there were three outings in a short span of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Various spring tasks continued, I visited a school with Bjarki, we had dinner with friends, and one of the cousins got a year older!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 15 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The five of us at the final confirmation party of the season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Three generations, two sisters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cousins, all confirmed but one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Such a cool venue!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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So cozy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Much fun was had writing things on the wall…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… and the door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Fun decorations. These seemed to be shoe-making things.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Such a photogenic family!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 16 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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There was an e-bike sale, and this one became mine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Apparently I went swimming, and needed an ice-cream afterwards?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Monday 17 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Some birds began trying to build a nest on a beam above the patio, and the wind kept blowing the nest down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sewing club!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 18 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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8 am sledding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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No snow outside, yay!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bjarki had his head-banged-nose follow-up, and was deemed fine, although his nose was still a bit achy. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Next up was yet another visit to a potential school, located downtown, but first we had to get something to eat. There’s no school-browsing on an empty stomach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The cafe we went to had a resident cat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Soooo coooozy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Adorable display case!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We then walked up to the hill to the Technical College<\/a>, and lucked into a presentation being given by the brilliant school-master, who happens to be good friend of ours.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finnur had picked up my new bike, and I took it out for a spin. It was indeed considerably more powerful than the old bike, meaning the fierce headwind had little effect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 19 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Anna’s plants doing well in the window-sill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The hand I was dealt in a game of Pinochle<\/a>…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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My hand after getting passed two friendly cards, and passing two back. What a massive hand!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 20 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The “first day of summer” is a public holiday, and so to “my” cafe I went.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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They bake bread-goods there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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With my new bike, I’d signed up for the e-biking group again. The first trip was that afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We biked into Hei\u00f0m\u00f6rk, on the roads only, as the paths were still too fragile to bike on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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By a mossy lava field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Muddy vista point.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There were some birds out and about.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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By lake Elli\u00f0avatn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At 8 pm it was time to ride home. As luck would have it, I ran out of battery on the way home, as I’d neglected to charge the bike beforehand, and I’d biked all the way to the rendezvous point. I discovered the new bike is quite heavy, but thankfully I only had to get up one hill, then it was level or down the rest of the way home. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Strava recording (with part of the journey home).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Saturday 22 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The birds kept trying to build a nest, until Finnur put a small broom in the place they were trying to use, and that seemed to put a stop to the madness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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With the rising sun, energy returned to keep playing the Pandemic Legacy game. The next image contains some spoilers, look at your own risk!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We weren’t doing all that well in our evaluations… being labeled “erratic, evasive and unpredictable”!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Mmmm, lovely dinner!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I readied the car that evening for a bike-trip the following morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 22 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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In the small town of \u00deorl\u00e1ksh\u00f6fn<\/a> at 9 am with the e-biking group. The weather could have been better, and also worse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We headed out of the town, and towards the country side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A relatively friendly road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Gathering the group together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We turned off the road to check out Arnarker<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Where is this leading?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Arnarker is a hole in the ground, and the opening to a tunnel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Going down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A tunnel lies beyond.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The snow hanging on where the sun don’t shine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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One of our guides tried biking towards these peaks, but decided the ground was still too soft to tolerate all of the bikes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We rode on, and found a tiny hill that gave a bit of shelter from the wind, and refueled.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The last bit of the country road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The edge of Iceland in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We rode for about half an hour on the paved road back to \u00deorl\u00e1ksh\u00f6fn, with the wind in our face. I kept changing how much the e-biked helped as I alternated between tired and cold. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The edge of \u00deorl\u00e1ksh\u00f6fn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We rode to a bike-fun-area!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lots of ups and downs, and trying not to faceplant!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Next up, the local lighthouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cool artwork!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Brutal architecture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Looking eastwards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yours truly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Another lookout point, surrounded by concrete ankers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The end!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The stats, and map.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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My late lunch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 25 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The coffee machine at work flooded. Later when the fix-it-man arrived, he told me about a design flaw, where a whole coffee bean can fall into an uncovered intake, and clog the whole thing. Tsk, tsk!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 26 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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I chased away a cat hunting birds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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%$”%!&” snow. Go away!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Gym time! I had injured something so I just used baby-sized weights.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Happily, the ground was too warm for the snow to really stick…?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 27 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Seriously!?!??!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The backyard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The thickness of the snow at 7 am!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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By 6 pm the snow was basically gone, and I met up with the e-biking group again.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We rode the road to-and-past Keilir (a conical mount, off photo to the right). The road alternated between ok, and terrible, with lots of sharp lava-remains sticking out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Nice views.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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By Eldborg. I’d also been there with my hiking group.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Biking up the side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We then hiked up to the peak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At the top, the views were pretty!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yes, that’s steam coming out of the ground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Proof I was there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Rusty rocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Refueling before heading back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Mount Keilir (the conical), and steam coming out of the ground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I was blinded by the sun biking back and hit a rock badly, busting my tire. Happily, there are multiple very good tire-fixers in the group.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We made it back to the cars!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Strava recording.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Saturday 29 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Spring-cleaning!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Birthday-party time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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One year older!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Super-relaxed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The plants planting themselves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dinner with friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Brothers. Three guesses what profession the older one is studying towards!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lovely chatting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 30 April 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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We managed to give the old roller-blades to another family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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After much mulling, I got some patio-couch-parts from Ikea…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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More dinnering with friends! And thus endeth April 2023!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 15 – 30 April 2023, posted online 27 December 2023. The calm between the storms, as Christmas is done, and New Year’s Eve looms. No work until the new year.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

The last confirmation party came and went, with a bit of photography on my part. Then I caved in at a sale, upgraded my e-bike to something properly powerful, and signed for with an e-biking group. The biking schedule was pretty packed, and there were three outings in a short span of time.<\/p>\n

Various spring tasks continued, I visited a school with Bjarki, we had dinner with friends, and one of the cousins got a year older!<\/p>\n

Saturday 15 April 2023<\/h2>\n
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The five of us at the final confirmation party of the season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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