Another week, another video – I’m driving over the mountains from EgilsstaĂ°ir to Skaftafell. It’s a longer drive than I planned so I break the journey with a little nose around JökulsárlĂłn. There’s plenty of behind the scenes here I really wish I could have stopped and filmed more of the mountain road but there… More Video: Mountains & glaciers | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
It’s Tuesday, it’s six o’clock, it’s time for a new video. It’s episode 5 of the Iceland summer 2023 series and today I’m driving across the Desert of Misdeeds to EgilsstaĂ°ir before spending my evening at Vök Baths. I’ve quite enjoyed the behind-the-scenes thing, so let’s have a look at what else is going on… More Video: The Desert of Misdeeds | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
I’m honestly astonished I’ve not done this before. Following last month’s real itinerary, how not to do the Ring Road, I’m finally going to do something I thought I must have done by now, an actual full Ring Road itinerary. Ideally, you want the entire summer because there’s so much to do in Iceland that you simply… More The Ultimate Ten Day Iceland Ring Road itinerary
This is my favourite video of the series and I’m so excited that it’s finally out! Day four of my Iceland vlog series sees me on a tour bus at 7.40am to head out into the Desert of Misdeeds to Askja. It’s a shorter day than I expected, only eleven and a half hours, driving… More Video: Expedition to Askja & Viti | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
When I went to Iceland in February, I went with the hope of finding a chance to watch a documentary I’d seen mentioned in the Reykjavik Grapevine: Swimming Pool Stories, a film about Icelandic pool culture. I couldn’t find it online. Was there maybe a cinema in Reykjavik where I could catch it? Might it… More Film review: Swimming Pool Stories
In this week’s video, it’s my birthday! I give you a quick tour of Systragil, drive the hour or so to Myvatn, put up my tent at a beautiful lakeside campsite and then head to Myvatn. Hverir, the hot springs area, is my first stop, then I go up to the viewpoint over the Krafla… More Video: Exploring the Krafla geothermal area | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
I think this is finally the last “what I did in Iceland this summer” post. It’s actually the first thing I did – first after I’d driven three hours to Ăžingvellir, camped on a chilly cloudy night and dealt with tyres with low pressure. I’d detoured off the Ring Road because I liked the idea… More A morning at GuĂ°laug Baths
Another Tuesday, another video. Today is day two of my summer Iceland vlog series, in which I pack up my car, set off to Akranes to sort out a tyre and have a dip in a seaside hot pot and then drive five hours to Akureyri, arriving just in time for my appointment at the… More Video: Two geothermal pools in one day | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s video day! This is the first day in a series of daily vlogs from my trip to Iceland this summer. It’s a pretty big travel day: driving to Gatwick, flying to the airport, picking up my car and driving to… well, as you know from the title, Ăžingvellir. It was… More Video: Driving to Ăžingvellir | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
Another hot pool post! This one, though, isn’t an overpriced tourist experience, designed from the ground up to be luxurious and expensive and special. This is Seljavallalaug, Iceland’s oldest swimming pool, hidden in the mountains at the foot of Eyjafjallajökull. According to the documentary film Swimming Pool Stories, Seljavallalaug’s relatively remote location is mostly because… More Finding Seljavallalaug