Cancel Day Adventures

It’s been almost one year now since my last blog post, which I can put down to mainly laziness but maybe also being a little busy doing other things in my spare time. So without any further delay, I present to you one of the most exciting and adventurous days I’ve ever had in Iceland […]

Celebrations in the south of Iceland

Earlier in October the company I work for organised and held their annual staff party. This was a little later than usual, as it has been normally held in mid to late September, but due to the workload over the summer things were delayed slightly. Ordinarily the party happens over two days; day one would […]

Hard Ice 2: Icelandic Boogaloo

After working as a glacier guide for just about a year and a half now I jumped at the chance to improve my guiding skill set by taking the Hard Ice 2 course (Jökla 2 in Icelandic). This course is designed to teach you how to guide in terrain that is a little bit more spicy […]

Hiking Fimmvörðuháls

Couple of months ago during the not so sunny summer month of June I decided to have a crack at the famous Fimmvörðuháls hike. The hike begins at the base of the waterfall Skógafoss, continues north between the two ice caps Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull and then finally into Þórsmörk (you can read more about that here). After […]

Delving into the Dragon’s Dominion

With the start of a new job I have a new work schedule which allows for more time off and therefore more time to explore this mystical island. I now own a car (a 2006 Ford Escape) which means there are plenty more road trips planned for the future. Now for a little bit of […]

Cruising Round the Countryside

On a crisp winter’s day midway through February a friend and I decided to take a little road trip through the countryside surrounding the little village I live in here on Iceland. Hvolsvöllur (pronounced: kvols-vert-lur; meaning “Hillfield” in English), is a tiny town of just over 900 inhabitants situated on the South coast of Iceland. It’s […]

Trekking Through Thor’s Domain

A couple of times per month fortune smiles upon me and I get the chance to guide one of the best hiking trails in all of Iceland. This trail is commonly known as Thórsmörk [Icelandic: Þórsmörk] – which is an area in southern Iceland which takes its name from everyone’s favourite Norse god Thor. The route […]

A catalogue of Arctic flora from Finnmark, Norway

Over the last few months I have been taking pictures of the flowering plants here in the north of Norway. I have been pleasantly surprised at the large number of these plants that reside in a place so far above the Arctic. While the summer here is short, the sunlight certainly isn’t (well except for […]

The Estonian/Italian Mountain Expedition

A few weeks ago myself and one of the other handlers (plus Troy the dog) hiked up the big mountain behind the property where I live. To reach the top of the mountain takes just over 2 hours. The first stop was a lake with a mailbox where you can ‘sign in’ and let people […]

Tisnes Trek

I got the afternoon off one day and took a stroll down to the local beach. Lucky for me the weather was absolutely stunning and I managed to snap some great pics of the area. The beach is home to a large number of sea birds and is actually classified as a bird sanctuary/nature reserve […]