Silgo Hannes Staff Siglo Hotel Bedroom
Segull Beer Dalvik Restaurant
A trip to Iceland is not just about cramming
in golf: there is too much else to do, too
many distractions, too many views. As we
left Akureyri and headed west that became
abundantly clear as the road twisted along
the mountainous coastline and rivers rushed
underneath us before exploding into the
open air, before dropping to the sea far
below. A crumbling fishing boat looks lost and
forlorn away from the water but most signs
of those difficult years have gone as the
town enjoys a rejuvenation, thanks to a
long lost son. Robert Gudfinnson left Siglo
decades ago with many of the younger
generations to find fame and fortune
away from a lifeless town… but he has
now returned with two goals in mind: to
restore the town to its former glory and to
develop and sell a product called Benecta
www.benecta.com.uk that helps the older
generations (yes, think golfers) ‘Defy Your
Age’.
We passed through three tunnels to reach
Siglufjörður – or Siglo for short – Iceland’s
most northern town. It sits in a fjord a few
miles shy of the Arctic Circle and it has had
a tumultuous history… something that the
town embraces as it recovers from decades
of decline. This was the herring capital of
the world in the 20th century but that all
changed in 1968, almost overnight, when
herring stocks vanished.
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We were staying in Robert’s hotel
www.siglohotel.is during the trip. It is
one of the first buildings you come as you
drive down the mountain and his fishing
boat rises and falls with the tide against