October 2015

The last week has gone too quick!!! Last Monday I jumped aboard the Icelandair flight from Iceland to Birmingham where Heather picked me up & straight into my new role of HeatherCakes's assistant, home via Asta. The rest of the week has disappeared into more cake assistant roles, catching up with cousins, long walks with my three friends Fudge, Floss & Tig (with much disgust from Totty & Nellie) & just chilling where it's warm by the arga or fire. There was the Friday market at Worchester & Saturday saw us brave the weather (& scones with jam & clotted cream) at St Peters. Saturday night saw Alison & me head off to the Inkburrow Young Farmers Harvest Supper where I caught up with Catherine Jordan. Sunday Richard Annabel & I went to the Cotswolds so Annabel could compete in the team chase ( she was the only one in her team that finished). Here are some pictures from my stay so far at Purshall Hall

So today I went flying, swimming, boating, suba diving, kayaking, saw a volcano erupt, went under a waterfall oh who I kidding I went to the cinema & those that know me know how I hate kayaking! I went and saw the 360 degree cinema experience at the Harpa so technically I really did do all those things just sitting working out which side of the room I should look at.

The rest of my day involved chilling with a book, making sure things fitted in my backpack (positive I've lost things along the way there seems to be more room) and one last explore of the city by foot.

I did manage to get up the tower at Hallgrimskirkja before they closed it where I had a great view of roof tops.

Our hotel is the white building on the right, right in front of the hotel so much so looking out our window I feel like offering to take people's photos.

Last night Birte & I braved the rain (wasn't heavy just annoying) to do a tour out to Videy Island to see the Peace Tower (if your here when it's lit it's a must do) didn't get too many photos because of the rain

Again the weather is grey & wet, but since when did that stop us........ Today we took a trip to the wild side, ok really we went to the zoo. It was nice to see the Icelandic domestic animals up close but other than that it wasn't too exciting.

We stepped through nature (& in some kindly left behind deposits from the ducks) as we strolled through the beautiful botanical gardens. The down side everything is labeled (not so bad) but the labels are a but of visual pollution & kind of over power the plants.

Coffee & cake at the top of the Perlan was a nice way to hide from the weather

I stepped inside Hallgrimskirkja instead if admiring it from our window, the beauty is mostly on the outside of the building. However I timed my visit well as they seemed to be practicing playing the giant organ, it was interesting to sit & watch.

Here's hoping the weather passes Birte & I are off to see the Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island tonight, we have timed our visit well as it will be lit up.

Again the weather was grey, overcast, with the odd shower but that didn't stop me, I set out on foot exploring Reykjavik. I walked around the lake, visited City Hall, stumbled across the Catholic Church, made it to the Old Harbour and back again.

Met Harry

My faithful stead this afternoon we explored the lava fields together (with out 20 other people & horses) thanks to Ishestar Riding.

Now to sit and relax with a hot chocolate

Not sure how I forgot to share these pics


We were lucky enough to see them two nights ago at the farm and they were AMAZING!!! The best out of the three times we saw them. They danced slowly so we had a good chance to capture them.

Today will be a bit boring for you all we went souvenir shopping, there's a lot of souvenir shops & I think we visited everyone. There's a Puffin or Viking store on just about every corner than the gaps are filled with other random shops.

We did however do some sightseeing but the weather is grey so the photos aren't great
The church opposite our hotel (can't remember or spell the name) and it does have a filter on so it looks better than it did

Harpa

By the harbour

Sun Voyager