It’s hard to pack light
9 weeks a vast array of different activities, camera equipment and camping gear has put paid to any thoughts I
Jökulhlaup! Glacial Flood Underway in South Iceland
News just in from the Iceland Review (http://icelandreview.com) A jökulhlaup (glacial flood) began yesterday in South Iceland in the Skaftá
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Fyrirgefðu, talarðu ensku?
Ég tala ekki íslensku , en ég skil að þú ekki fara til Íslands fyrir veðrið So some of you
Wild in East London
East London can be pretty wild, but this post is actually about going to see the film Wild at an
A bit of culture
Where else do Tolkein, Led Zep and Ridley Scott mix with William Morris? https://wheretheravenlanded.com/some-fellow-travellers/led-zeppelin-we-come-from-the-land-of-ice-and-snow/ https://wheretheravenlanded.com/some-fellow-travellers/ridley-scott-the-beginning-of-time/ https://wheretheravenlanded.com/some-fellow-travellers/william-morris-iceland-first-seen/
Testing my gear, resolve and some whisky on Skye
Over the late May bank holiday my sister and I took a wee trip up to Skye, which in addition to being a place we’ve always wanted to go to, was aimed at giving me an opportunity to test my packing skills and new kit. I’ll be camping for at least 7 weeks of my 9 week trip so this test was pretty important. The tent just about* stood up to the wind and rain, but I awoke with the cold a couple of times one night, so I’ll be taking the 4 seasons sleeping bag after all. *Ande and I nearly got blown away at the campsite and had to find alternative accommodation on night 3, am not sure what this says about my resolve or my chances of surviving Iceland. Skye is fabulous and although we barely scratched the surface in terms of the hikes we did we sample a good deal of local produce (crab, salmon, langoustines
Why this love affair with cold northern places?
I am not going to turn this into a dreary self reflecting monologue, which is a terrible way to start
where the raven landed 