The Journey Begins

It's been a long day travelling from Birmingham to Kefkavik airport. You can't believe the weight of the bags ... let's just say it cost us to get on the plane.
We got a car upgrade so we have aもっと詳しく
Kerid Crater

First stop on the tourist trail today. Blowing with showers but some good rainbows to see. We've stopped for a coffee on the way to Pingvellir and saw one. It actually looked better than the photo.
þingvellir

All the photos you see on our trip are taken on Rob's phone. Both the photos you see taken here have a rainbow in them which appeared as we arrived and when we left it was still there. This is whatもっと詳しく
Gullfoss Waterfall

Upon arriving that wind was still there but the rain had stopped. This didn't hinder the Iceland ecosystem of course as it was still possible to get soaked if you ventured too close the falls.
Theyもっと詳しく
Geysir

The place that gave its name to all the rest.
It's an eerie place not only because you hear all the tourists in a multitude of languages shouting "Ah Captain ... there she blows!", but the groundもっと詳しく
Travelling Route 32 North

The aim of this morning was to explore a route more towards the interior of Iceland. The scenery was very different than yesterday, as you can see. The first part of the journey the weather was sunnyもっと詳しく
Bleak Weather

So we left and continued the journey which would then take us south on F26 becoming the 26. The 'F' designates an unsurfaced dirt road, though we didn't see much dirt and not a great deal of road toもっと詳しく
Seljalandsfoss Waterfall

We arrived in the hope of mixing a sunset with a waterfall but the weather was still against us with heavy wintery showers which, if they didn't soak us, the waterfall sure did. Good job our camerasもっと詳しく
New Day Begins

We start with snow showers but there is a hint of blue sky. First stop will be Skogafoss waterfall.
Skogafoss Waterfall

A lot of lens wiping was needed here, not just because of the spray from Skogafoss but there were frequent sleet showers too. It snowed heavily for a while when we were driving here. Between showers,もっと詳しく
Vik

A stunning location but the light and weather weren't with us. No sunshine and no rainbow either, just plenty of cold. We still managed to get some photos though but after far too much time spent hereもっと詳しく
Reynisfjara Beach, Vik

We arrived at this iconic location at exactly the same time as a million tour buses, as you can see. Okay, so we exaggerate!
We've renamed this beach "Penguin Beach" because that's what we think allもっと詳しく
Sunset Travelling to Hofn

This marked the end of the available light today and was taken on our journey to Hofn, which was around 150 miles. We arrived at our accommodation about 7pm but then had to drive 24 miles to findもっと詳しく
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon

We left our accommodation this morning in low spirits. The weather was heavily overcast, it was wet - the very wet stuff where you get very wet, wetter than a bank holiday in Blackpool and that's veryもっと詳しく
Diamond Beach (Ice Beach), Jökulsárlón

So, having taken more photographs than you'd be prepared to suffer, we then took a break in the cafe where hot soup and coffee were the order of the day. Not in the same bowl, by the way ... we areもっと詳しく
Fjallsárlón Glacial Lagoon Preview

About six miles from Jökulsárlón there is another, smaller lagoon not so well known by the Penguins. This is Fjallsárlón and in the fading light, and the continuing torrential rain, we decided toもっと詳しく
Jökulsárlón and Diamond Beach Revisited

We woke this morning to a pleasant surprise of sunshine and clouds and much warmer too so with luck we would remain dry.
Having visited the smaller glacial lagoon of Fjallsárlón in the rain weもっと詳しく
Fjallsárlón Glacial Lagoon

This is very different to Jökulsárlón in that it is much less intimate - the drifting ice is much further away and less of it, though perhaps this was simply as it is now, today as Jökulsárlónもっと詳しく
Skaftafell Glacier Walk at Sunset

Travelling to the National Park Visitor Centre to meet our guide, the weather had changed from being a lovely sunny day to grey cloud and dull light. This was disappointing because our scheduled walkもっと詳しく
Travelling to Egilsstaðir

Today has been a travelling day really, with the odd stop (or three) for photos on the way. Maybe we're Penguins today!
After breakfast we took the first photo of the view from where we've stayed theもっと詳しく
Travelling to Myvatn then Husavik

Today has once again been predominantly a travelling day, but this time to our accommodation in Husavik where we're spending three nights in a "Cabin in the Lava." We have driven through some amazingもっと詳しく
Hveraröndor Hverir Hot Springs, Myvatn

We decided to have a go at photographing the hot springs and mud pools today. After all how could we resist the opportunity to spend the day breathing that beautiful aroma of bad eggs!
We probablyもっと詳しく
Hverfjall Crater

Just east of Myvatn lake lies what is probably the best preserved circular crater in the world. The first photo isn't of Hverfjall but was taken walking down its slopes back to the parking area ...もっと詳しく
Jarðböðin Nature Baths

No photos with this one.
We ended our day soaking in the outtdoor thermal spa at Jarðböðin Nature Baths in water around 38C though the air temperature was only 3C, not including the chillingもっと詳しく
Krafla Volcano and the Víti Crater

Our first stop this morning was to see Víti Crater within the Krafla volcano which last erupted in 1984. We drove up through a lunar landscape covered in a dusting of snow. Okay, we know the moonもっと詳しく