H's saga with fuel pumps continued along the way this time with the pump not operating he had to purchase credit on a fuel card before then inserting the fuel card into the fuel pump. The total process and total confusion took about 1/2 an hour and was damned good entertainment ,!
We put on our good samirtan hats picking up a couple of Russian girls who been waiting patiently near the fuel pumps for nearly 2 hours in the chilly conditions - they'd underestimated the amount of tourist traffic in this area at this time of the year !
Both girls were from the Belarus but it was Olga (the only one who could speak English) who spoke passionately about her hitch hiking travels around Europe saving up her money, picking a country at a time and often setting off by herself !
The impact of western sanctions on Russia has apparently caused the Rouble to plummet in value so it was not surprising when Olga indicated that they were camping near camping grounds so they could use their facilities but then shoot off without paying before anyone arrived in the morning !
Dropping off the girls we changed direction heading along the magnificent Snaefellnes Peninsular a living museum of Icelands volcanic history with ominous looking remains of weathered volcanic craters as well as ancient lava flows dominating the landscape
Finally arriving at our b&b at picturesque Grundarfjiordur we set out for a 2km walk through fields to a nearby Waterfall clambering up steep grassy slopes to get close and personal with the powerful water flow.
With numerous pictures taken we turned back getting within 1 km of the b&b when Kev had that "somethings wrong " look pointing to his empty trouser pocket which up until a short time ago had housed his Nexus Tablet !
Kev gave thought to co-ordinating an international search team until i asked him who'd go looking for the search team when he got them lost, we instead set off and retraced our steps back through the swampy terrain
Sure enough the tablet was sitting in plain sight and not floating out to sea on a river we'd crossed as H imagined ! Thankful H was relieved that he could now look forward to more evening hours spent on "sticky golf " without having to resort to reading the book that he's been carrying the whole trip and yet to start !
Waiting till we could avail ourselves of the b&ds washing machine and dryer we headed back into town for a late night Pizza celebrating our successful search and rescue mission as well as just one more day in Iceland !
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