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The roads in the coastal fjords of the island's northeast are the hilliest. On Tuesday the 1st August I had a climb similar to what I would expect in the French Alps. It was extremely warm with temperatures well into the mid twenties. I started at Bakkefoi leaving Gunnergolfell behind me and crossed over to Vopnafjordur. Onwards in the afternoon, I had a long steep climb, which must have taken 2 hours to reach the top. It seemed to go on and on. No sooner had I got to where I thought was the top, only to turn a corner and see 2 or 3 more hairpin bends and the road on terraces above me. Eventually, seeing on the other side a wide estuary of two large rivers with the Dyrfell mountains beyond.