After several trips to Iceland by motorbike in late may i've decided that the easiest way to get there from Scotland now is to fly from Glasgow and take my adventure touring bicycle(Thorn Sherpa)

My first option is to ride the ringroad and visit my Icelandic friends on route. I'll have sixteen days in total which means i'll be riding about seventy miles a day which is possible with favourable weather conditions but this is Iceland afterall. I could break the journey and save some time by using the bus.

My other option is to stay mainly in the west and ride up to Snaefellsnes and then down to Vestmannaeyjar and the south coast down towards Hofn and have a more relaxing cycling expedition. The problem in May can of course be the late spring weather. It can be quite cool and from past experience even snow is possible and all the inland roads are still closed.

Fifty miles a day with a fully loaded touring bike is a more sensible option as i'll be mainly camping so my bike will be quite heavily loaded but tavelling at around twelve miles an hour will give me more time to appreciate the fantastic scenery and headwinds.....!

Normally i'd be riding the ringroad on my BMW in around six days or driving from Reykjavik to my friends in Eskifjordur in a couple of days but cycling seems to be a good way to see iceland close up.

Any thoughts or comments my trip greatfully recieved. This will be my seventh trip to Iceland and first by bicycle although i've cycle toured extensively in the past but not in such an extreme location.

Thanks FP.