Todays driving route from Holmavik to my new overnight stay at a pleasant farm with fairly substantial lodging and restaurant in Heydalur is only some 100 km / 60 mi, very conducive to add a few exploratory detours and to collect more photographic impressions of the area. I first head up via Drangsnes in north-easterly direction following the western shore of the Hunafloi bay, a large expanse of water 50 km / 30 mi wide and 100 km / 60 mi long. Driving on gravel roads, I reach the small village of Djupavik, once a busy herring-processing station, now largely abandoned, with some of the station's quarters converted to cater to the few tourists that reach this remote area and intend to stay here. I came across a rusty-red/orange decaying boat beached right beside the former herring station, that echoed the red/orange grasses we frequently encountered on this trip - we will see this in tomorrow's post. Next I retraced my steps back to almost Holmavik and then headed west towards the Isafjardardjup fjord, following its eastern shore in northerly direction as far as the small, photogenic Kaldalon fjord leading off from the main fjord. At the land-end of the Kaldalon fjord poses the mighty Drangajökull glacier, spilling its water into the fjord and providing some great photo opportunities. Then I retraced my route again and headed for Heydalur and a bit of R&R, to catch up on my trip notes while sipping on a glass of white wine. I will present these drives in four sets, of which one set is fully dedicated to the many sheep I encountered either in small groups or in substantial herds along the way - I definitely met a lot more sheep (in the dozens or hundreds) than human beings (practically none) on this particular day in this quasi-wilderness at the eastern end of the Westfjords.

This first set presents the views on the drive from Holmavik via Drangsnes to Djupavik.

Notes:
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