Looks like it's time to hit the driving manual. The custom of sending Icelandic children to the country for the summer has pretty much been abandoned. Farms have grown bigger and the kids' helping hands have been replaced by machinery. All this has changed in a couple of decades and nowadays, the rural life is pretty much reserved for story telling. Some or shy, others take an instant liking to the lambs and kittens, they run after the dogs, feed the calves and the bravest among the group get to ride on a horse.
Today is a fine day for such an outing.
Not that the weather matters for the youngest group, Icelandic kids know how to dress for all occasions. Fair enough, with a northeasterly breeze bringing rain to the north and a promise of afternoon showers in the south. More of the same in the coming days.