Tuesday (B) - 29 August - Day 2 of V & G

Back from lunch in the restaurant at the hotel where we're staying for 2 nights, till we go on our next tour...  Just want to snooze but I'm being strong - zzz...
Back from a very short snooze in the bar after lunch - wouldn't have been noticed if Maureen hadn't started snoring.  Now, I have to work...
We called in at Skagofoss falls - deemed to be the prettiest in Iceland because they are almost rectangular.  They were very pretty but so were all the others.  I put my fingers in the water of the river that the falls flow into - it was cold but not as cold as I thought it would be.  That or my fingers were frozen.
It was a glorious day - everyone kept telling us that we were so lucky to have such a beautiful day, no wind, clear blue sky and not a cloud to be seen.  We've learnt since then that they were right.  The weather is unpredictable and changeable without warning.  We then called in to see a blowhole which was a bit of a fizzer because the tide was all wrong and the sea was calm because it was such a beautiful day.
Then onto Black Beach, which I may have mentioned in an earlier post.  Maureen is going to add photos about all those places.
We then drove onto Vik, a small town on the south east coast, where we stayed for Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

Ever heard of 'Sneaker' waves??

Some people don't listen,  and can't read!!

The waves on all the south coast beaches are

 dangerous

Another Lutheran Church on Heimaey

Turf roofed houses - all the farms seem to be in isolated areas!

The 2010 disaster volcano from Heimaey Island

Better view across the water to the mainland

Lava rock formations,  all over the island

Cath on the path to the bird hide in the background

Puffins on the hillside near the cave we saw from the bird hide

Basalt columns and black sand on the beach at Black Beach

Cave where the puffins nest

Lonely shelter in the middle of nowhere

Robbers Bay on the right

On top of the crater on Heimaey

On the way to the bird hide - bit windy!!!

Where the lava flow was halted by the sea water

Ferry terminal on Heimaey

Seljalandsfoss Falls from the road

Giving way to the Icelandic Horses

With their foals

Skogarfoss Falls

More bad news for coastal areas!

Rescues are far too often!!

What here is too hard to understand??????

The Blow Hole at Dyrholaey,  with a tiny bit of blow!

The road ahead

Farmer gathering his hay for the winter

Weird rock formations from the setting lava

Turn on your side to read this!!!!!

Long haired sheep

The walk to the top of the falls

Campers at the falls - nuts!!!

Icelandic alphabet at the Museum

Turf houses at the Museum

More turf houses (and Cath)

Very small entries,  wider and higher inside

Can stand upright inside

Isolated farms

Cath and the whale bone

The old fishing vessels

Shoes make from fish skins - nothing wasted!!

Inner soles made for the fish skin shoes

More isolated farms

Glacier

On the main highway around Iceland!!!