Day 77. 15th September. Langisjór, Highlands, Iceland.

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After surveying the lake, I headed off back towards civilisation.  This is a last glimpse of a corner of the lake.

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I was a little concerned because I had driven past the end of the F235 on a track to the house and the lake.  I thought that as long as I could get back to the F235 I would be alright.  The complicating factor that I had not anticipated was that though the snowfall was light, there was a fair amount of wind that had blown snow into some of the recesses of the road where there was a dip and a rise.  The snow in these places was up to about three feet deep.

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I came to such a place where I got bogged in a small incline, notwithstanding being in a 4wd in low range.  I backed up and got out and walked around to contemplate the situation.  It was possible to drive beside the road where there was little snow.  I did that successfully and was able to keep going.

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Now I was back on the F235 and the road conditions were better.  There were also some majestic views of the cool landscape.

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Visibility for driving was fine but distant visibility was intermittently constricted by clouds of snow driven before the wind.

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Somewhat later I got bogged again, and again found a route to drive around it and keep going.

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Another majestic vista.

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There was still some moss poking through the snow at some places on the side of the road.

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Fine patterns in the snow.

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I got bogged a third time going up a slope.  Again I backed up, got out, walked around and plotted an escape path.  This time I got it wrong.  I got too close to the road before I passed the part filled with snow and slipped in sideways.  There was no going forward or backing up.

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I was stuck and also I didn’t have a mobile phone signal.  There was a storm due that night.  I thought “Well at least I have shelter and food and also the rental car people know which road I was going to drive down and I’m due back in a couple of days.  I’ll just wait it out for three or four days until it clears and if necessary walk out.”

To be continued….