In the morning, Kate walked to the nearest GP practice (about a 5 minute walk away) to register as a patient just in case she needed X-rays of her foot. A temporary registration form was completed and then Fiona drove Kate and Calvin to Chester to see a podiatrist. The podiatrist wasn't all that helpful and thought Kate had a splinter in the foot where it was hurting and scraped some skin off - and potentially a 'skin plug' - also known as a corn. He seemed to be...

It was St George's day today and a fine sunny one it was too. The day's activities involved Uncle Richard, Aunty Fiona, Kate, Calvin and Barnaby exploring the Cheshire East countryside. After leaving home and only driving for just 30 minutes, we pulled into Applegate Farm for some cheese scones and hot drinks. There was a wooden play tractor outside which Barnaby wasn't too sure about. From Applegate, we drove on to Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley), a private es...

Early morning wake ups are a little bit better when there is some daylight around. Iceland offered a drawn out dawn at this time of the year so a 3:30 am alarm didn't seem so terrible! The hostel offered included breakfast which came with a good variety of very edible goods and beverages which were much better than Weeta-Bix. All packed up and ready to go by 4:45 am to get to Keflavik International Airport.  Returning the car to Blue Car Rentals was easy eno...

It was meant to be a night for aurora viewing so Calvin stepped out into the cold night at around 2:30 am. Kate slept right through. It was crisp and clear outside however it was still twilight and too bright to see any northern lights if they were occurring. Being the second day of official Icelandic summer meant that there was no longer any night - just astronomic twilight. It was still a nice time to wander around the quiet shore and photograph the white mount...

We woke up to heaps of snow outside - the roads, paths and mountains were covered in white! Today we were headed to Borgarnes via the Western Peninsula. First stop was Kirkjufell waterfall. Only problem was it was howling with wind, hail and snow when we arrived so we decided against getting out of the car and instead appreciated the view from inside the warmth of the car. Of course the weather fined up pretty quickly after that stop. It was beautiful driving...