Summary: <font style="line-height: normal; font-size: 10pt;"><img src="http://sagathing.podbean.com/mf/web/62ucym/Lake_M_vatn_Iceland_2.jpg" style="height: 475px; width: 550px;" alt="Lake_M_vatn_Iceland_2.jpg"></font><br> <div style="line-height: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Verdana;"> <br> <br> </div><br> <p style="line-height: normal;"><font>In this episode, we travel to the northern districts of Thingey and Eyjafjord where the Askel the g<span style="line-height: 200%;">oði spends most of his time working out settlements to save the skin of his nephews. You won't meet a more saintly Icelander than the wise Askel </span></font><span style="font-family: Garamond;">g</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 32px;">oði, but you might question his loyalty to Vemund Fjorleifarson. But, as Vemund's uncle, poor Askel is caught between a rock and a hard place. Will his support of Vemund cost Askel the ultimate price in the end, or will he make an honest man of his wayward nephew? Find out as Saga Thing takes on the first half of The Saga of the People of Reykjadal and Killer-Skuta.</span></p><br> <p><font><span style="line-height: 32px;">Note: In the introduction, we mention the excellent blog </span></font><a href="http://sagasteads.blogspot.com/" title="http://">The Saga-Steads of Iceland</a><font><span style="line-height: 32px;">. You can visit Emily Lethbridge's post on Reykjadal </span></font><a href="http://sagasteads.blogspot.com/2011/08/north-icelandic-antidote-to-saga-steads.html" title="">here</a><font><span style="line-height: 32px;">.</span></font></p><br> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Verdana;"></p><br> <p></p>
