2012 was a busy year of travel, meeting and working with some wonderful people. This is a celebration of the year with a sincere thank you to all those that hosted, guided, loaded and helped me as well as some great friends. This is a 30-minute photographic (images not as sharp as normal due to movie format) review of the …
Lord Mikey with another Home Pool autumn fish.
Fourth in the series of Ponoi films now available…
The fourth film in the series of short films about the Ponoi made by Alan Maughan is now available to view here. In this film the owner of Ponoi River Company for the past five years, Ilya Sherbovich, describes how he fell in love with the Ponoi, how much he values its traditions and yet enjoys taking it forward, especally …
The second film in the Ponoi series – A Day on Ponoi
This is the second film in the series about the Ryabaga Camp on the Ponoi. It shows how the day runs, how guests are looked after and a brief look at the camp facilities. The previous film was called The Fishing Seasons. A day on Ponoi from Frontiers Travel on Vimeo.
The Making of the Ponoi Short Films Pt I
This movie is not a classic ‘making of’ film but it is the ‘raw’ or Go Pro side of hooking, playing and filming one of the wonderful autumn run fish in the short film on The Fishing Seasons. I apologise for the inclusions of some poor language. The whole battle took over 25 minutes with lots of winding etc, much …
First of the series of Ponoi short films…
The first of a series of short information films about the Ponoi went live last week. Have a look. This film, entitled The Fishing Seasons, tells the story of the different seasons on this wonderful river and the different runs of fish. Early response suggests a real appreciation for the lack of sales pitch and the amount of information. To …
The sun coming through the fog, Ryabaga Camp, Home Pool.
Autumn filming on the Ponoi
It has been a very busy summer with so many interesting opportunities and people to meet but it has left me short on energy. However, there was one last project I had committed to do. Having wavered, I headed to Ponoi to keep to my commitment to help with the autumn filming of various information chapters that will be available …
Released in the sea pool.
Reflections on Iceland’s poor season.
It has been a long while, in fact I am not sure that I remember such a season, when all my clients have been unlucky and had poor fishing. Of course there are always the unlucky weeks when there is too much or too little water and then of course there are those that benefit from the extra water once …
Rounding up horses.
Travelling through Iceland – 2012 – Final comment Akureyri
I leave you with a few more shots of Akureyri and the beautiful day that it was as I left. Also, with some typical Icelandic scenes on my final journey which took me back to Egilsstadir via Lake Myvatn, along the Jokla river, up over a mountain to Vopnafjordur the other side. I drove close to 1000 miles in three …
Seydisfjordur.
Travelling through Iceland – 2012 – Neskaupstadur – Akureyri
The journey out of Neskaupstadur was looking grim with very low cloud. My view was gone by morning. But as I left things improved a bit and I was able to see some wonderful views down the fjord and overlooking Eskifjordur. My destination was Egilsstadir and then on to Seydisfjordur which I had heard was another wonderful drive and outpost …
Mossy lava fields with massive mountains in the background.
Travelling Through Iceland – 2012 – Vik to Egilsstadir (Neskaupstadur)
The internet in the room was so slow, it was not worth using but I discovered it was fine at the dining room so I did my email and posted by blog and left later than I hoped. Leaving Vik, one enters the volcanic lava fields which go for miles, only punctuated by glacial rivers that make their way to …