Hi – Yes. Sort of. Well no. We set out to, self-supported style. Heading clockwise, but up F35 rather than round the ring road for the ‘first’ bit. Drama unfolded as follows:
1) F35 closed in late June because of snow
2) No bother, we’ll go anticlockwise in the hope that the F35 is open in a week or so
3) Got to Vik, Grimsvotn volcano eruption meant thick ash in the air and impassable roads turned us back.
4) Ok, we’re trapped. Let’s see as much of the SW corner of Iceland as we can and do some hiking too
5) Front hub destroyed itself, taking forks with.
6) Back to Reykjavik, hired a bike did 1-2 day trips from the capital, saw some amazing stuff, did some camping in the sticks, sat in a hot puddle or two, covered 500 miles or so in the South West.
Bumped into a chap who was off up to Vesturland and Vestfirdir for a couple of weeks. You’d miss this on a circumnavigation but I bet there’s some good stuff up there. If you want more info drop me an email. And yes, it’s windy.