One thing that surprised me after driving halfway through the night then retracing our steps a few miles back the next morning, was that there were no trees. Driving the previous night, I could have sworn blind we were driving through forest, I saw no lights on the horizon, just the odd light of a farm here and there. Drive in the UK and you see the glow of the next town or village from miles away, if you don’t, you’re probably driving in a forest.

The black mirror-like effect of the lake at Dyrhólaey was enchanting and mesmerising. The ¼ inch of water on the black sand gave a perfect mirror-like finish. Fantastic! We then visited Skogafoss waterfall, the sun was low enough in the sky to grace us with a complete half rainbow in the spray of the falls.

Over midday, we drove across the front of Vatnajökull glacier to Jokulsárlón, a glacier lake connected by a short iceberg filled river to the sea. The evening light shining through the icebergs with a gorgeous green-blue aura.