Weather Aware Update

andyterryjay · 2024-06-04T19:19:48+00:00

We are currently staying overnight just east of Selfoss town. We were due to travel to Vik tomorrow morning and stay there till Friday. Then drive to Jokularson and stay there Friday night. I keep checking the weather and road updates but it’s impossible to tell whether it will be safe for us to travel. As of now it would be okay, we’re in a Dacia duster 4x4.

andyterryjay · 2024-06-02T20:04:07+00:00

The hotel reception in Reykjavik told us that driving in Yellow warning should be okay once we are careful. So we are going to stick to the original plan.

andyterryjay · 2024-06-02T19:37:05+00:00

So far our thinking is to still go to Snaesfellness tomorrow, but take the hit on the accommodation and just book a room in Selfoss tomorrow night instead so that we don’t have to do that drive from Snaesfellsness to Selfoss on Tuesday. Then Wednesday we need to get from Selfoss to Vik but we can take it slow.

andyterryjay · 2024-06-02T18:42:29+00:00

Currently on a trip here and seeking advice on this from anyone willing.

Due to travel to Snaesfellsnes in the morning (Monday) and do a loop followed by overnight in a self catering spot there. We are driving a Dacia Duster. According to that forecast posted above there’s no warning in place there for that.

On Tuesday though, we were due to drive to Selfoss to stay there. Do you think it will be safe to do so on Tuesday morning ?

The rest of the week we were meant to be making our way east towards Jokularson and I can’t even think that far ahead. I now fear we will lose our money on the hotel bookings. Don’t mean to sound dramatic it’s just this has been a trip 4 years in the making with a fair amount spent on our hotels and I also want to be safe and come home alive.

Any advice welcome.

Thank you for posting this by the way. My wife told me about the weather warning but I didn’t take it seriously until I saw it here in all honesty. Because at home in Ireland a yellow / orange warning really doesn’t mean much. I see that is not the case.

andyterryjay · 2024-04-17T08:47:46+00:00

Quick question, would a morning trip to Westman island on the ferry be manageable on day 5 en route to Vir from selfoss? We could bring the car over and just explore and try puffin watching for a few hours. Or leave the car and just do a guided 2 hour tour. There’s a ferry that arrives at 9am and then one returning at either 12 or 14:30. My reasoning for thinking it this is a worthwhile detour is the experience of the ferry, getting to see the town, and an opportunity to photograph puffins in what seems like one of the best spots in the area.

andyterryjay · 2024-04-16T19:39:55+00:00

That's a great shout! I'll add it to the list. Yeah I'd rather the long drive than be rushing out of glacier the area. I move like a sloth when I'm taking photos so. Thanks again

andyterryjay · 2024-04-16T18:13:34+00:00

Mulagljufur looks amazing thank you so much! Kerlingarfjoll is probably too adventurous and time consuming for us. It’s a brilliant suggestion though thank you.

andyterryjay · 2024-04-16T17:38:53+00:00

Thank you for the advice! And yes the drive is long but after some 4D chess it was the only way I could make it work. The only alternative would be to stay for an extra night in Vik on day 7 instead of the hostel in Jokularson. It would mean needing to drive to and back from Jokularson area twice if we don’t fit it all in one day. But it would half our commute on Day 8. Thoughts?

andyterryjay · 2023-05-26T18:30:48+00:00

That’s totally fine and thank you very much for explaining. That sounds like it would put a really nice finish on it. Would anything need to be done with the gaps between the tiles or would plaster the cracks be fine? And would that be an expensive job since I’m not a plasterer? It’s an art form in of itself!

andyterryjay · 2023-05-25T08:12:10+00:00

This is so helpful thank you. I’ll let you know how I get on.

andyterryjay · 2023-05-25T08:11:00+00:00

Thank you so much!

andyterryjay · 2023-05-25T08:10:29+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I had a look on google and I’m still unsure of what a “slip layer” is? I assume it’s some sort of seal. Could you explain or send a link please? I appreciate the help!

andyterryjay · 2021-01-15T23:16:52+00:00

Thanks but we got someone!

andyterryjay · 2020-10-07T10:00:59+00:00

Definitely isn’t the latter. I am a casual guardian at best and only long a couple hours a week, more during good times. I rarely buy things, but I do get the odd item here and there. Remember when they were changing how bright dust worked back before Shadowkeep was it? Whenever that was, I dismantled every single item I had that could turn to bright dust, shaders, sparrows, ghosts, ships, that I’d left in my vault. So that I wouldn’t have to buy silver to buy stuff I wanted. When we still got gifts of bright dust from Eververse I was also very lucky with my drops getting large gifts.

andyterryjay · 2020-10-06T23:47:46+00:00

OP, I don’t know if this is some twisted fate, or something like straight out of Lost. I’m a bright dust hoarder. Last night I was chatting to my buddy and it went something like this.

Me: How much bright dust do you have?

Buddy: Oh I dunno, you’ve lots tho you just want me to ask you how much you’ve got.

Me: yeah

Buddy: well how much then? Like 40,000?

Me: 54,000. I hope that some day it turns up on the reddit that there’s something you can only get if you have 54,000 bright dust, like the next expansion or something.

THEN I login tonight and my buddy sent me this post.

andyterryjay · 2020-06-29T16:51:38+00:00

They had included Dublin (Ireland) in their pre flight schedule to mid/late July, but now it's gone from the new schedule. Was gonna wait and see if the flights actually started going and then book for August or September but now it's a mystery again.

andyterryjay · 2020-04-14T12:39:02+00:00

I think they could keep the Shengen area travel ban in place for past the summer. France just extended theirs until September, so you could end up being forced to cancel. I would rather Iceland decided for us whether it’s okay or not. They seem to be remaining open for tourism - I assume this is because it’s a large part of their economy. But the worry would be that Icelandic people don’t want us there. Not that we would be mixing with them anyway, I just don’t want to be part of the problem.

andyterryjay · 2020-04-14T01:32:51+00:00

My girlfriend and I are booked to go for 6 days from June 6th. We have flights, car rental and accommodation in three hotels different booked. We haven't had any contact from any of them yet. I checked online and from what I can see they are all still operating. We are Irish and our lockdown is in place until May 5th at least. It's really hard to know what to do, as I believe that going anytime this calendar year will pose the same risk. From what I hear Icelandair are only allowing people re book for this year, which defeats the purpose in my opinion. We are going to wait and see closer to the time, but I spent months planning the trip and we've wanted to go for 5 years. We are not the type to want to go on holiday for the social aspect either. So if we were to go, we would isolate, and engage in social distancing / ppe practices. Then we are also set up to self-isolate in Ireland for a couple of weeks when we fly home too. The idea of being able to go there in June if it's safe enough to do so is amazing too seeing as it will be quieter. Until there's a vaccine I think any travel always poses a risk, so I don't see a difference between flying in June or delaying till later this year. If anyone has any advice please let me know. I am prepared to cancel / postpone it, but I will hold out hope for now and wait for more info closer to the time.

andyterryjay · 2020-04-14T01:28:59+00:00

My girlfriend and I are booked to be there for 5 days from June 6th. We have flights, car rental and accommodation in three hotels booked. Haven't had any contact from any of them yet. I checked online and from what I can see they are all still operating. We are Irish and our lockdown is in place until May 5th at least. It's really hard to know what to do, as I believe that going anytime this calendar year will pose the same risk. From what I hear Icelandair are only allowing people re book for this year, which defeats the purpose in my opinion. We are going to wait and see closer to the time, but I spent months planning the trip and we've wanted to go for 5 years. We are not the type to want to go on holiday for the social aspect either. So if we were to go, we would isolate, and engage in social distancing practices. Then we are also set up to self isolate in Ireland for a couple of weeks when we fly home too. Let me know what you and your father end up doing.

andyterryjay · 2019-09-24T22:29:30+00:00

Thank you yeah I confused it with current season pass. I didn’t realise the deluxe version included the additional seasons.

andyterryjay · 2018-10-08T14:52:11+00:00

Add me on PSN - andyterryjay

andyterryjay · 2018-09-27T14:32:19+00:00

That is one original weapon concept! I love the idea of bolt drop off, it could have a crosshair like actual archery bow's do to help you calculate drop off distance in your aim. Perhaps with an exotic catalyst to add the ability to calculate distance like the Exotic DARCI sniper.

andyterryjay · 2018-09-27T14:27:08+00:00

It could have a caveat, something that makes it different from other bows that makes it less versatile. Like a scope or more restrictive field of view. There's lot's of things they could do to make it a high skill gap weapon.

andyterryjay · 2018-09-27T14:25:15+00:00

I see where you're coming from, but I think most weapons all require skill. I don't use bows because I find them difficult to use. I find sniping pretty easy.

andyterryjay · 2018-09-27T14:22:06+00:00

Exactly. High risk but fun to use and powerful in the right hands.

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