Short stop for supplies in supermarket in Vik & visit to the little church as we'd promised we would. Peter from the church in Ebrington, Cotswolds has created a world wide link of churches & this is one of them. Set off across the vast black sand plains & stopped at another area filled with stone cairns created by travellers for good fortune on their journey. The black sand gave way to ancient lava fields, the largest ever & now covered in moss &...

Set off heading east into the countryside & I can honestly say I've never seen so much natural beauty in any place we've ever been. There's a change of landscape virtually around every corner & each one is such a surprise & delight that it's hard to keep the smile off your face! Had to stop & build a cairn at the lakeside where hundreds of others had done the same. I compiled a little Innukshuk as I've done since discovering them in Canada & l...

Early flight from Manchester to Reykjavik on Easyjet - not too bad for a low budget airline & made all the better for sitting next to a photographer - Thorsten Henn, who showed us some of his work & gave us some good advice about what to see. Met at the airport & driven to our Hotel - Hilton Nordica with a room with a view on the 7th floor. Caught a bus downtown & wandered around this capital city with 60% of the population of Iceland which is 322...

Sad to leave our lovely cottage in Chipping Campden after almost a month - it was starting to feel like home! Thought we'd better have a look at Anne Hathaway's cottage in Stratford on Avon as it was on our way north & we were so pleased we did. This lovely thatched cottage is set in a beautiful garden & we were welcomed by a guide who was really informative. She had some interesting stories about the Hathaways, Shakespeare & life in Tudor times inclu...

Our last week in Chipping Campden had a few more interesting excursions to fill our days. In need of a small shoe repair (wearing out the stitching with all this walking) we discovered the quaintly named Blockley Cobbler situated in a semi industrial area nearby. The place is called Northwick Business Park & is a former field hospital & Polish refugee camp from the Second World War. There are many Nissen huts & old sheds converted to an assortment of ...