The forecast was fine and sunny, so we set off in a freezing wind and driving rain to explore the Jokulsagljufur canyon. That’s the Anglicised version of its name as the Icelandic language has about 12 additional characters in its alphabet to cope with its complexity – and my keyboard can’t handle that. We travelled across […]
Doing it Tough in Iceland
It was bitterly cold here yesterday with rain and a strong wind straight off the north pole, but before you feel too sorry for us we did find some relief for a few hours We were drenched by the spray from Dettifoss, the most powerful waterfall in Europe with 200 tonnes of water per second thundering […]
Across the Hraun
Plenty of Engis but the Skogurs are rare
We’ve hardly seen a tree in 8 days, but today we drove through a skogur (forest). That’s because it was planted there and the Icelandic people are making a real effort to create more of them. However the engis (meadows) are beautiful with the wildflowers enjoying their short growing season. Iceland should have been called Greenland and […]
Firdinums
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