Today we are leaving the southern coast of Iceland and heading to the east coast.

Pleasingly the further we travel from the south the better the weather becomes and the landscape is sumptuous.

The mountains finally reveal themselves without the low hanging clouds and it feels like we have been dropped into a ‘Lord of The Rings’ film set!

Iceland has around 130 volcanoes, of which 32 are currently deemed active, with some notable fairly recent eruptions. I feel like it would be sensible for me to know where the active ones are!

I did have to look this up, but the multiple layered pancake type clouds are called Lenticular clouds!

With such wonderful views it is a joy to drive here in Iceland, especially when the rain stays away!

The mountain peaks are jagged and we were told that whist there are many mountains in Iceland, they are not easily climbed.

The highest is 2,100 metres but due to the moisture (rain!), occasional high winds and the freeze/thaw conditions, the rocks are quite brittle making climbing quite difficult.

To break up our journey we headed to a small fishing village named Djúpivogur.

It’s a common stopover for cruise ships, although there is not so much to see apart from the ship in the bay!

The main tourist activity here seems to be viewing a renowned local artist’s egg sculptures.

There are 34 granite eggs sculptures, one for each of the nesting bird types in this area.

Having had our fill of eggs, we jumped back in the car to continue our journey.

Of course, there were more beautiful panoramas to capture as we drove on.

We even found a small waterfall with a cool blue glacier water pool beneath it.

The autumnal colours are wonderful and make the landscape look so rich and diverse.

We had heard of a reindeer park nearby, this one was actually a sanctuary for 4 animals that has been rescued.

Reindeer were not native to Iceland, but can now be found living wild in the east of the country.

They were successfully introduced in 1793 from Norwegian stock.

So finally we arrived at our stopover for tonight in a lovely town called Seyðisfjörður.

It is only a small village but well worth a visit.

There is a small lake in the village providing for some great opportunity for reflective photography…

The weather in the south has taken a turn for the worse. In fact we were lucky to get this far as a key road has been washed out behind us.

Tomorrow we head north where the weather is looking much more pleasant.