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=THE EAST COAST= Driving from Egilsstadir towards the east coast we were amazed by the frozen waterfalls and streams. Then we reached the coast and oohed and aahed at the fantastic coastline whilst the wind whipped past us at 11kms a second !!!! (they have road signs to tell you these things). It’s the only time I’ve had the windscreen washing water miss the screen due to the wind!
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We were just getting over the coastal scenes when we reached the Vatnajokull Glacier – the largest in Europe covering 8% of Iceland’s landmass. It is over 8000 sq km with many “tongues” falling down through the hills and valleys. At Jökulsárlón, a picturesque glacial lagoon at the southern edge of the glacier we saw huge chunks of ice that had broken off and were preparing to float out to sea on the outgoing tide. It was a wonderful scene but, oh so cold! The temperature was around zero but the strong wind blowing off it would have made it quite a few degrees below that!
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