Where's all the puffins and whales?

A bit like the Formula 1 guys we have had a testing day.

Not testing each others patience this time but testing  Molly Porsche.

We set her up with all the rally measuring gear we had bought with us, and off we went.

After a few miles we realise we had no idea how to work said measuring gear and we ( me ) had left the instructions behind. I had also managed to leave the aerial behind for the GPS measuring system. 

' Oh dash it, how terribly annoying ' I said or I did for the purpose of this blog.

But when we calmly talked it through we realised that this particular piece of measuring equipment was not allowed by HERO on this rally. So it turned out not to be a problem after all and normal calm and understand was returned to the cockpit of Molly Porsche.

We did test our old fashioned Halda Twinspeed measuring stick and it worked perfectly. 

We drove about 75 km along the coast and through a tunnel which actually goes under the North Atlantic. 

This tunnel is like no other 

• The Hvalfjörður tunnel lies across a geothermal belt. The rock layers it penetrates were formed in eruptions 2.8 to 3.3 million years ago. Volcanic activity has long since stopped, but the temperature of the tunnel rock ranges from 10º to 30º C, reaching 57º C in one part of the southern section under the construction. This heats the air in the tunnel, which then rises from the southern end, drawing cold air in from the northern end. This natural circulation saves power required to drive the ventilation fans.

Bet you wanted to know that 😀

Amazing weather conditions in Iceland, from sleet to clear blue skies. We enjoyed incredible views
across the fjords and  towards snow capped mountains. We think these are the same mountains we
will be tackling in the next few days. Should be interesting.

We stopped to see if we could spot any whales and puffins, no joy, but we did see a Buzzard :)

The reason for no puffins and whales was quickly made apparent when we stopped for lunch.

A lot more of the competitors have arrived now.

 Tomorrow the Historic Edurance Rally Organisation has in store for us, scrutineering, drivers briefing and the handing out of the all important Icelandic Saga stickers and rally plaques.

We stayed up till the early hours hoping to see the Northen Lights. 

Apparently there was a good chance of seeing them. The only problem with staying up is that, one tends to need a glass of wine to keep going. This resulted in us falling asleep and missing the whole thing. Think we need a bit more Northen Light spotting practice😉

All in all probably a more exciting day than the Formula 1 guys testing.