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Welcome to our blog about our holiday in Iceland! See below for daily updates on what we’ve seen and done.

  • My favourite photos

    My favourite photos from the trip!

  • Best thing/Worst thing

    To finish, here are our best and worst things from the trip: Best things… Keith – Easy, the volcano, which was coincidental to our trip. Otherwise it’s hard to pick. Probably the visit to Dettifoss, to the spot where the first scene was filmed. Jo – too much to pick from. The volcano was amazing,…

  • Flora and Fauna

    Invertebrates Broom moth caterpillar (marmite Caterpillar!) – spotted by Mila on the path between the car park and the waterfall at Gullfoss. Birds Gyrfalcon – seen flying along the road between Reykjavik and Geysir. I am assuming it was a Gyrfalcon by picture reference and the fact it was too big to be a merlin.…

  • Videos

    Whilst in Iceland we filmed a few videos. Far from professional quality, but should give the idea of how impressive the natural sights were!!

  • Colors of Iceland

    The Colors of Iceland are a selection of colours for Iceland – from https://pastelpaper.is/ We found them as postcards in a shop in Reykjavik, and liked them!

  • Day Sixteen Gallery – Saturday 20th August, Reykjavík & Flight to Manchester

  • Day Sixteen – Reykjavík to Halifax

    The alarm went off at 4.30am. Rooms checked out of, we collected our breakfast bags from the nice (tired) receptionist and we were ready to go home. The taxi arrived at 5.15am which was terrifying because we expected it at 5.00am. The taxi driver needed a wee when he arrived, but then entertained us all…

  • Accommodation Review – Storm Hótel

    Our final hotel was a typical city-centre tourist lodgings, nothing special but comfortable and clean. Located about 10 minutes from most of the main sights it made for a good base. The only downside was construction work nearby and the constant usage of an excavator-mounted drill for breaking up rock. They were creating an enormous…

  • Day Fifteen Gallery – Friday 19th August, Reykjavík

  • Food review – Day Fifteen

    We walked a long way for this restaurant, waited a long time for the food, they forgot my garlic bread, and our clothes smelt like fish after, but apart from that it was a nice plaice! It had a separate menu for fish pans, of which Danny couldn’t have most, so he got a fish…