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ICELAND PART 4: THE WESTFJORDS

The final leg of our trip around Iceland was to the Westfjords.  When you look at a road map, you can see why it's a part of the country that a lot of people miss out.  The road hits the coast, going around each and every fjord, making driving to the main towns there a long and torturous journey.  

It's a journey worth making though as the landscape there is stunning.  Despite the fact that for the whole of the journey, the weather was absolutely dreadful, just driving rain and grey clouds hanging so low over the fjords that it was impossible to see the other side, the fjords have an ethereal peace and grandeur that takes your breath away.  

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