… hot bubbling mud & cold wet mud!

We headed off to Geysir – normally part of the “Golden Circle” along with Þingvellir & Gullfoss, but as we’d all done it before, we went for just the Geysirs. We got there a little before the worst of the coach trips, and as we weren’t on one, had a bit longer than we’d had before, so much more time for photography, albeit in less good weather conditions. However, it was still spectacular!

After that we stopped off at Skálholt, which for quite a few years had been the centre of the church in Iceland, and thus its largest town. It’s now just a fairly isolated church; the current one (the 10th, I think) is very simple inside – and they have a replica of the original one outside.

The weather deteriorated,so a visit to the shopping centre – one that has a volcanic rift in the floor ensued, then  a short stroll through the fumaroles in the centre of Hveragerði (not that exciting). Finally, we went for a very wet walk up to see a “warm river” at Reykjadalur – we saw some bathers (didn’t join in) – and waded through lots of sticky mud, though avoided the boiling mud!