After last year’s tour I made a few key observations which have really formulated my thinking for this year.

• It was way too hot.
• It never felt remote, and I missed the open spaces of Finland and Scotland.
• There were not many “travellers”, plenty of cyclists and tourists, but nobody getting away from well trodden paths.
• And the target wasn’t challenging enough, leading to me taking easy days (not helped by the heat, but that’s just an excuse).

So this year, a remote, cold and impossible target, well off the beaten track.

Reykjavik overland, with plenty of boats and a few trains, to make the programme work. It is still a lot of cycling!

I may not blog on a daily basis (as it can become a real drag – on time and battery), but I will do regular updates.

Watch this space….

I didn’t upload a map with each (or any) of my posts, so here are a couple of more detailed ones.