Visiting Eyjafjallajökull and Katla

Waking up when it doesn't get light until after 10am is quite tricky but breakfast in the dining room was spectacular, for the food and the windows looking out to the sunrise over volcano Hekla. We just had to get out there and take some pictures, so that's what we did. The snow was so crunchy, it's like a layer of ice has been placed over the top.

Today was a test to see if we can get to Vik and whether the road was passable. Our first stop was to Seljandafoss, where we will be having our photo's taken at the wedding. A lot of the falls are frozen so are stalectites from eyjafjallajökull, the infamous volcano that brought England to a standstill for over a week due to the ash cloud. We drove onto Skogafoss, although bigger, I remember it as the dirty waterfall as the water is a brown colour. However, the drive to get there was 'interesting', it resembled an ice-rink. For someone that is very nervous of snow driving, Ali did an amzing job. We drove past eyjafjallajökull, this time we could actually photograph the peak and then went onto Katla, the volcano that has been rumbling over the last few months and due to cause climate change if it erupts as it's under a huge glacier.

The senic drive was spectacular, with snow covered farmland either side up to the mountains. However, it just got too scary when we got to the edge of Vik and the sign warned that we needed snowchains so it was about turn and back home.

Keeping the fingers crossed for clear skies tonight to see the northern lights...