{"id":1519,"date":"2026-10-05T13:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2026-10-05T13:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:45:42","slug":"sumarhatid-islandrover-10-12-juli-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/sumarhatid-islandrover-10-12-juli-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland Rover Summer Festival July 10-12, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

This time, the summer festival was held on the east side in H\u00f6f\u00f0av\u00edk by the Lagarflj\u00f3t River. The weather forecast was promising, and there was talk of a heat wave in the east. The first ones arrived on Thursday and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Most arrived on Friday and settled into their various RVs or tents. There were 70-80 participants at the meet in 35 vehicles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beach at H\u00f6f\u00f0av\u00edk was also at its most beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The excitement was palpable. Saturday dawned, and many people started their day early, as the plan was to set off on the annual Land Rover trip at 10:04 AM. The group departed right on time, heading along the Lagarflj\u00f3t River and up the Flj\u00f3tsdalshei\u00f0i. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From there, a trail was taken that reindeer hunters use for hunting, and the path led up to Thr\u00e6lah\u00e1ls, where the view was said to be good in all directions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, it turned out that at one point, the easterly lull passed over a bit quickly, causing some sandblasting in the area that blocked the view to some extent, and at times, almost completely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When we had traveled a long way down the trail, it became a quagmire for a short stretch where large rocks and muddy soil mixed together. This proved to be an obstacle for the stock cars, and they sank into the wet even when they were standing still. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was therefore decided to avoid causing damage to the trail, and the cars that had not yet crossed the pass turned around and went back the same way. However, a few cars that had already crossed continued on their planned route. They then returned to the campground by various routes. Some stopped at Skri\u00f0uklaustur, while others extended their route to K\u00e1rahnj\u00fakar and down into J\u00f6kuldalur, stopping at Stu\u00f0lagil and from there to Egilssta\u00f0ir and the campground at H\u00f6f\u00f0av\u00edk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the evening, there was a joint barbecue and the Land Rover Games were held, where events included a fan belt toss and brake rotor boccia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Afterwards, everyone chatted and enjoyed each other's company late into the night. On Sunday, the formal program concluded, and most people prepared to go home or on to other adventures in the East. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text: \u00c1rni \u00c1rnason Photos: \u00c1rni \u00c1rnason and D\u00f3ra G Wild.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A\u00f0 \u00feessu sinni var sumarh\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0in haldin fyrir austan \u00ed H\u00f6f\u00f0av\u00edk vi\u00f0 Lagarflj\u00f3t. Ve\u00f0ursp\u00e1in lofa\u00f0i g\u00f3\u00f0u og r\u00e6tt var um hitabylgju \u00e1 austurlandi. \u00deeir fyrstu m\u00e6ttu \u00e1 sv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00e1 fimmtudeginum og nutu ve\u00f0urbl\u00ed\u00f0unnar. Flestir komu svo \u00e1 f\u00f6studeginum og komu s\u00e9r fyrir \u00ed hinum \u00fdmsu fer\u00f0ah\u00fdsum e\u00f0a tj\u00f6ldum. \u00de\u00e1tttakendur \u00e1 m\u00f3tinu voru 70-80 \u00e1 35 b\u00edlum. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandrover.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"word per minute","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}