Iceland, we finally meet! After a short flight from Glasgow to Reykjavic, we arrived at Keflavik airport to begin our adventure in a campervan. Anyone who knows us will be aware that it's really not our chosen style of travelling, but nonetheless we gave it a shot.

We met our ride, a Citroën Berlingo, at the Snail Campervan Hire base not far from the center of Reykjavic. At the sight of our 'micro' home for the next week, David was quite fearful and unsure about whether we'd both make it back. They kitted us up with camp chairs, cutlery, a portable stove, pots and pans and curtains for the windows as it doesn't really get dark in Iceland during summer and, after a thirty second test run of driving a left hand manual car in their driveway, we were off... on the wrong side of the road (most of the time!).

Þingvellir National Park

We decided to stay the first night not far out of town at Þingvellir National Park. The park sits in a rift valley caused by the separation of 2 tectonic plates, so there are large crevices throughout.

Seljalandsfoss

From Þingvellir National Park we headed south along the coast and stopped by Seljalandsfoss. You can walk behind this waterfall into a shallow cave, but you do get very wet! We had hoped to see it in better weather conditions, but it was still pretty epic.

Skógafoss

Next stop was Skógafoss, one of the largest waterfalls in Iceland, with a fall of 60m and a width of 15m. This one was ridiculously strong as you can see from the amount of spray it produces. We had the ability to walk up and view the waterfall from above, so after we huffed and puffed our way up the stairs we were welcomed by a gorgeous view beyond. Not only that but we were also welcomed by many sheep, of which there are plenty in Iceland. You have to be careful when driving as they are commonly just grazing in the gutter beside the road when they decide that they'll cross without warning! After our descent we stopped for some lunch and a Mori, a delicious Icelandic red ale.

Sólheimajökull Glacier

Just past Skógafoss was Sólheimajökull Glacier. This relatively accessible glacier had a wonderful otherworldly landscape full of ridges and lines of ash in the ice, revealing the many eruptions Iceland has experienced over time.

Solheimasandur Plane Wreck

This one was definitely on my list of things to see but we managed to stumble upon it by accident. From the road we saw a full carpark but couldn't quite work out what for, so we stopped to check it out. We could see a longish path leading to what looked to be a beach and decided to have a quick wander up before heading on. Six kilometers and an hour and fifteen minutes walking along a rocky, dusty, lifeless landscape we could see something white and glistening; maybe it's the ice beach, we thought. As we continued walking, and after we had considered turning around for the tenth time, we could see it was the plane. It was a really surreal sight and totally worth the very long and boring walk!

In 1973 a United States Navy DC plane ran out of fuel and crashed on the black beach of Solheimasandur (nobody was killed).

Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon

I'm so glad we made it here, and although I'd hoped for a bit of sun, I'm really glad we had a dark, ominous sky to really emphasise the moody grandeur of this canyon. The scale of this place and colour of the water is hard to reproduce in photographs, but it was amazing. Definitely a favourite for both of us.