Happy Friday!

I’m back in my hometown and wanted to share some photos with you all and wish you a happy Friday! I hope you at least some of you are as silly as I am and enjoy the final photo.

A street in my hometown, Exeter

Exeter Cathedral

Side view

Rural walk

Friendly cows

Interesting street name…

I’m Home!

I’m back in home in England for a couple of weeks so thought I’d finally post something after a long gap. I’ve been terrible at posting recently but I’m going to try and get back into it. I didn’t want to just post for the sake of it, you know? I do miss writing though so am going to make a big effort.

I had a red-eye flight and I can’t sleep on flights so my body clock is a bit messed up at the moment. They say even a broken clock is right twice a day but my body clock isn’t! Anyway here’s a couple of pictures from a walk I went on after getting home yesterday. It’s so green.

England Part 2

I decided that it was time for some more photos from my Christmas trip to England, I hope you like them!

Happy Friday!

We’ve nearly made it to the end of the week, not long to go now! To get you in the mood for another autumnal weekend here is a photo I took of a seasonal scene last weekend. 

Farewell Iceland

Yesterday I arrived back home from Iceland and I wanted to share some of my favourite photos from the trip. 

The Golden Circle!

Yesterday we drove the Golden Circle which is Iceland’s most popular tourist route and I fell into a lake! The route consists of Pingvellir National Park, Geysir, Gulfoss waterfall and a number of smaller stop offs. It was the first sunny day we have had here meaning I got to see Iceland with a blue sky for the first time. I hope you like the photos!

Gulfoss waterfall with a beautiful rainbow!

The Strokkur geyser erupts every 8-10 minutes

There is lots of geothermal activity at Geysir

The water in this lake was so clear that I fell into it by accident!

Pingvellir National Park

Kerid is the crater of an extinct volcano

Hveragerdi has hissing vents and bubbling mud pools dotting the landscape

Iceland Photo Special

For the past four days we have been roaming Iceland in our little rental car, driving long deserted stretches of road between mountains and lava fields.

More Iceland!

Today we drove south of Reykjavik and explored some geothermal areas on the Reyjkanes Peninsula. It rained incessantly (if a British person thinks it is wet then boy it is wet) but we were dressed for the weather and it didn’t bother us. We saw some tourists sit in their tour bus and not leave and it made me feel sorry for them, why sit mournfully watching the rain when you could be seeing volcanoes?!

We drove on empty roads through lava fields and with sharp turns around volcanic features. The geothermal area at Seltun was fascinating with bubbling mud pools, steaming hot springs and beautiful mineral colours. We discovered a lake in a volcanic fissure with black sand beaches and winds strong enough to shake the car. Iceland is such a beautiful country!

Hot springs at Seltun

Black sand beach on a windy lake

The steam in the background is coming from hot springs

Iceland!

This morning my wife and I arrived in Iceland where we will be spending the week. It’s somewhere we have both always wanted to go. Today we have mostly slept and explored Reykjavik but the rest of the week we will be driving around seeing volcanoes, geysers and waterfalls! Here are the first few photos I took on my phone. 🙂

The famous Hallgrimskirkja cathedral

Sun-craft, a sculpture of a Viking skip. Probably the only sunny thing we’ll see all week!

I feel like this guy is having a bad day!

Happy Monday #3

Now I know that Mondays aren’t the most popular day of the week so I have decided to try and spread a little bit of happiness as I wait for my delayed train.