Tag 23: Von Borganes nach Hvammstangi
22/07/19 21:00 Iceland
We get breakfast and start our day with a 39 km long trip to a Hotel with a charger. There is a segment ahead of us without the possibility to charge the Twizy as there is no infrastructure whatsoever.
We arrive at the hotel, plug in the Twizy and get some coffee in the hotel's restaurant, before we decide to sit in the sun for the remaining time.
The small house for elfs and trolls is in the background - it might also be for the dog
It's a nice surrounding with sheep, chicken and a farm dog. We charge for a bit longer than 2 hours.
The farm dog successfully tried to catch attention - he brought us a stone
We have a distance of 54 km ahead of us with an uphill climb of more than 400 meters without the possibility to charge in between.
We drive extremely slowly and the head wind doesn't help making it to our destination. It's a constant climb. The remaining range displayed by the car melts down fast. At the mountain pass wie have 20% battery, a remaining range of 11 km and more than 20 km to cover. But it's downhill from now on and we arrive at the gas station's charger with 16% battery. Not too bad. 20 km downhill definitively helped a lot.
The charger is blocked by an Audi Q7 Hybrid who does not really need to charge. I try to explain to the icelandic driver that we need to charge. He says that he will finish his hot dog and will then disconnect his car. He does as promised and we are finally, with a short delay, able to charge. Even Audi Q7 drivers in Iceland are cheap asses - the charger is free.
It doesn't matter after all. We can charge, we get something to eat and drink, we have toilets and can easily survive another 2 hours of charging.
We continue to our hostel in Hvammstangi. Just shortly before reaching Hvammstangi a tourist car took over, without seeing the need to keep distance. I hit the breaks. That was really close. Not the first time in Iceland but definitively the closest. The driver apologizes.
On the left and the right you can see the beginning of the windshield
We arrive safely at the hostel, check with the owner if we can charge and unload the twizy.
We arrive at the hotel, plug in the Twizy and get some coffee in the hotel's restaurant, before we decide to sit in the sun for the remaining time.
The small house for elfs and trolls is in the background - it might also be for the dog
It's a nice surrounding with sheep, chicken and a farm dog. We charge for a bit longer than 2 hours.
The farm dog successfully tried to catch attention - he brought us a stoneWe have a distance of 54 km ahead of us with an uphill climb of more than 400 meters without the possibility to charge in between.
We drive extremely slowly and the head wind doesn't help making it to our destination. It's a constant climb. The remaining range displayed by the car melts down fast. At the mountain pass wie have 20% battery, a remaining range of 11 km and more than 20 km to cover. But it's downhill from now on and we arrive at the gas station's charger with 16% battery. Not too bad. 20 km downhill definitively helped a lot.
The charger is blocked by an Audi Q7 Hybrid who does not really need to charge. I try to explain to the icelandic driver that we need to charge. He says that he will finish his hot dog and will then disconnect his car. He does as promised and we are finally, with a short delay, able to charge. Even Audi Q7 drivers in Iceland are cheap asses - the charger is free.
It doesn't matter after all. We can charge, we get something to eat and drink, we have toilets and can easily survive another 2 hours of charging.
We continue to our hostel in Hvammstangi. Just shortly before reaching Hvammstangi a tourist car took over, without seeing the need to keep distance. I hit the breaks. That was really close. Not the first time in Iceland but definitively the closest. The driver apologizes.
On the left and the right you can see the beginning of the windshield
We arrive safely at the hostel, check with the owner if we can charge and unload the twizy.