Day 24: Hvammstangi to Varmahlíð

It is cloudy today but it is not raining. Cloudy doesn't matter. It is colder than before.

59 km and a 400 m climb lies ahead of us to get to the free charger in Blönduós.
It is quite chilly in the Twizy, only between 11 and 12 degrees Celsius. It's getting quite uncomfortable after a while.
Will we be able to make it? The remaining range keeps being lower than the distance to cover, but close. A few kilometers before Blönduós some roadworks scrapped off the tarmac and we have to drive on gravel which again costs range.

1,5 km to go, we can even see the building with the charger, with 1% battery and a range of 1 km there is another road construction work with a traffic light, and single lane bridge. We give up and charge the Twizy for a couple of minutes with the generator. It was so close …

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We charge at the free charger right next to the swimming pool and get something to eat. We haven't had breakfast yet.

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We go swimming as we have lots of time to waste and we are still cold.

I realize that quite a number of Icelandic people are overweight. I like that. "Blend in with the locals!"

After our relaxing time in the hot pots we get some lunch and wait for the Twizy to be charged completely.

Next stop is 30 km away, a 230 m climb. There is a free charger which turned out to be not working. The owner of the place offers us to charge at the camp site for ISK 700, €5. This is the first time on this trip that we have to pay for the little amount of energy that we consume, apart from the official chargers. We will survive it.
We charge 1,5 kWh.

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Farm dog

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Sheep pen

21 km and another 320 meter climb later we arrive at our Hotel in Varmahlíð. We unpack our stuff and charge the car.

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