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This was without a doubt the best day of our trip. We went out with Einar and his son from Öræfaferðir / Local Guide Travel Service. They were both amazing, and we would highly recommend their services! Please feel free to check out the link below for more information.
Our first stop was to throw on some crampons and hike along the SvÃnafellsjökull Outlet on Vatnajökull Glacier. These were some of the most breathtaking sights we have ever seen, and it was even more amazing to be on them and experiencing them first hand.
Interesting trivia facts from our guide, Einar:
An early fight scene between Christian Bale and Liam Neeson in Batman Begins was filmed on this glacier. Because the glaciers are always melting and evolving, we did not see the glacier exactly as they did, but this is still where it all went down. Interestingly, Liam Neeson was not even aware they were shooting a Batman film at the time of the shoot. Director Christopher Nolan apparently likes to play things "very close to the chest." Here is a shot of my wife and I reenacting their exciting battle.
Additionally, episodes from Season 2 of HBO's "Game of Thrones" were filmed here. Icelandic locals get a real kick out of the scenes on display because chase scenes that were intended to take place over the course of several miles clearly show the distinctive "Pig Mountain" (SvÃnafells, hence SvÃnafellsjökull means "Pig Mountain Glacier") in the same spot in the background, clearly indicating that they had only moved maybe 100 feet in between shots.
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We had so much fun hiking on glaciers our first time in Iceland that we had to make sure we could do it again on our second trip. We went out with Aron from Öræfaferðir / Local Guide Travel Service again, this time for a glacier hike on the Fjallsjökull Outlet of the Vatnajökull Glacier. We would highly recommend their services! Please feel free to check out the link below for more information.
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We had so much fun hiking on glaciers our first time in Iceland that we had to make sure we could do it again on our second trip. We went out with Aron from Öræfaferðir / Local Guide Travel Service again, this time for a glacier hike on the Fjallsjökull Outlet of the Vatnajökull Glacier. We would highly recommend their services! Please feel free to check out the link below for more information.
This shot was hard to capture, with a deep fissure in the glacier seemingly disappearing into the void.
Ingólfshöfði is a nature reserve that's home to thousands of nesting sea-birds, like puffins and great skuas. This birdwatching tour was taken with the group Local Guide, which hauls people across a massive black sand beach in a hay cart to reach the cliffs where the birds live.
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This is a mosaic from the following Strachur Smiddy Album of photos of the historic Strachur Smiddy (smithy, blacksmith's workplace) made using Big Huge Labs Mosaic Maker.
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Extracted from the Strachur Smiddy and the Strachur websites:
The Strachur Smiddy is a small museum with a craft shop in the heart of the old Clachan of Strachur. The Smiddy has a long history, having been in existence at least since the 1790s. It continued to perform a vital function in the community until it closed in the mid-1950s.
The Smiddy at Strachur is probably unique in two respects. First, for most of its operational life, it was in the hands of the Montgomery family, spanning four generations of village blacksmiths. Second, the contents remained virtually untouched from the day it closed until its restoration as a museum, so that it provides a unique record of the technology of the blacksmith and his craft.
The implements, artefacts and photographs on display give a realistic insight into an important aspect of Scotland's rural history. Open days at the smiddy include demonstrations of the smith's craft.
A visit to the Smiddy Museum at Strachur will fire the imagination of days not so long ago when transport relied on horses and the blacksmith’s forge was at the centre of everyday life.
The low-lying pass between Loch Fyne and the Clyde has a long history, dating back to the Iron and the Bronze age. Strachur, nestled in the valley of the heron (Strath = valley; curr = heron) is an old village with its roots in the ancient history of Dalriada and Strathclyde. The village came into its own in the 17th and 18th centuries when the pass between Loch Fyne and the Clyde was a busy route with a constant coming and going of merchants and packmen, metalworkers, chiefs and their messengers. Before that, in medieval times Christian monks would come through the valley to and from monasteries such as Iona. Robert the Bruce and his armies travelled this way, and the Earls of Montrose and Argyll used the route on their marches.
The Old Inn and the Smiddy became central points on the route and the Smiddy itself dates from the 1790s, possibly a thatched cottage in its first incarnation (as there is a thackstane on the chimney). Four generations of Montgomerys managed the Smiddy and provided essential services for the rural community in the form of farm tools and an endless supply of shoes for the horses. As cars began to replace horses, the family opened a garage in 1923 and the Smiddy finally closed in the 1950s. The interior of the forge was left untouched and thereby became ideal as a view into the past.
Montgomery descendant, Cathie Montgomery, who still lives in the village, decided to pursue the possibility of turning her family heirloom into a public museum. A committee was quickly formed of hugely enthusiastic people, and with lottery funding assistance, local authority and other grant funding support, and much local fundraising over 5 years, her vision became a reality in 1997.