So ends our 57 day tour of the 4 **lands, Eng, Ire, Ice and Green. Countless miles & kilometres of driving, walking and seaborne adventures that took us to places and sights that have to be experienced to be believed and a host of interesting people along the way. After a short post-arrival recovery in Chester it was off to Ireland to explore the coastal route around the country for a couple of weeks on the aptly named Wild Atlantic Way. Whereas the Atlantic wa...

As you might be able to see from the photo, the sea is not so calm as in the fjords. As we head south, into a 40 knot head wind, seas 3m and with the ship pitching and rolling, there are a few more empty seats up on the observation deck. Probably it will be the same at lunch as well. So we are now heading south down the west coast and back to Reykjavik, but not before a few more stops and no doubt, some more incredible sights along the way. At bit of a bumpy ni...

So Greenland, the largest non continental island and the oldest land form in the world. Baffin Island ( Canada) to the west and Iceland and Scandinavia to the east. Despite being so close to Iceland, the land of fire, and therefore close in tectonic terms to the Icelandic hotspot, there is no geothermal activity in Greenland, the last volcanic eruption is thought to have been more than 500,000 years ago. The country consists of 3 large islands, covered by a si...

4 days after leaving Reykjavik, we finally set foot in Greenland, albeit in an abandoned Cryolite mining outpost nestled in one of the many fiords around the south-west coast of Greenland. A collection of derelict buildings and mining equipment scattered around a deep hole in the ground that was the open cut mine and is now filled with water. The only human habitation in the discernible area was a Danish military base staffed by 6 personnel. The voyage across ...

Well, any thought of leaving Myvatn as planned were eventually dashed when we looked out of our hotel window and then checked the road and weather conditions for the rest of the day. The forecast was for a deep artic low pressure system moving towards Myvatn with increased snow and wind. Most of the roads east of Myvatn were already closed and the one to the west that we were taking was subject to falling snow, patches of ice, sub zero temps and 70km/hr+ winds, ...