Horn to Kirkjubæjarklaustur: We left what must be one of the windiest place in Iceland and headed along the coast where the Vatnajökull glacier, the largest in Europe, almost reaches the sea. We took a side road which soon turned into a very slow-going gravel track towards a tongue of the glacier called Hoffellsjökell. We drove through a shallow stream and finally up a steep slope onto the ridge of moraine left by the glacier at a former colder time a...

Seyðisfjördur to Horn: As we had booked a trip to a volcano over on the west coast from home for the 19th August, we planned to travel clockwise around the island to get to the appointed place in time. We would have made the date later if we could have, but the company wraps up the tours on the 20th for the year. We climbed the mountain out of Seyðisfjördur - only one road in and out. All along our ascent into the cloud, waterfalls tumbled down stee...

The Ferry to Iceland: We rolled up nice and early at the ferry port in Hirtshals and expected to wait on the dock for some time before being loaded onto the Norröna. However, we were on reasonably quickly and sought out our little cabin which was really quite roomy, though, alas, we did not stretch to an outside cabin in our budget and so there was no view. We had prepaid all our meals on board as there was a substantial saving buying them on-line in ad...

Denmark 12-14 August 2012: We arrived after a very smooth trip across the North Sea in Esbjerg on the west coast of Denmark. Being a Sunday, the roads were almost empty and we weaved our way north-ish through back country lanes and along the roads hugging narrow strips of land between lakes and the coast. Our first impressions were of a very flat country of exceptional neatness. Inland, farmhouses were in pristine condition with beautiful gardens and ...

Back in the UK 6-11 Aug 2012 The flight back from Sydney to London was pretty good, made better by the upgrade to First Class in the new A380 - very swish, and importantly enabling a good several hours' sleep for both of us. As usual, we collected the hire car from the airport and headed straight up to Leeds. After a day or two of running around getting the van sorted and packed, the provisions bought and stored, we headed to the north east and the coa...