New York was baking hot, seeming to shimmer in the blazing sunlight. The skyscrapers turning from grey into a silver as they reflect back the sun’s rays. The sun beat down, sending commuters and hipsters running for shade and air conditioned shops, and turning the subway system into an underground oven. Typically, the English tennis […]
Tag Archives: Iceland
Proper shows too, not truncated festival ones! I, for one, cannot wait. Here are the dates. Fancy joining me on one or two?! Feb 13 2013 Coliseum , Porto, Portugal Feb 14 2013 Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, Portugal Feb 18 2013 Palazzo del Turismo , Jesolo, italy Feb 19 2013 Mediolanum Forum , Milan, Italy Feb 21 2013 HMH, […]
Deep in a dusty but excellent bookshop in Inverness, I found a copy of a 1950 guide book to fishing in Iceland. Written by a British Major General, it’s full of old world charm, delicious descriptions of an Iceland 60 odd years ago and advice on where to go fishing. General Stewart lived in Fort […]
Full report here! Congratulations to Jón Margeir Sverrisson for his gold medal in the Men’s 200m Freestyle (S14)! Well done! Rank Lane Athlete Time Diff + 1 05 SVERRISSON Jon Margeir 1:59.62 WR – + 2 04 FOX Daniel 1:59.79 OC +0.17 + 3 03 CHO Wonsang 1:59.93 AS +0.31 + 4 07 EVERS Marc […]
Full Iceland Review online article here. Last year, I travelled to Djúpavík in the West Fjords of Iceland. It was a grueling drive, over kilometers of unpaved, rough road, along sheer cliff edges and around sharp mountainside corners. The sea was hidden by fog, and all that could be seen were the bleached white bones […]
I just found this as I was tidying up. It’s my flight ticket to Grímsey from the summer. Good times!
Iceland have just beaten Argentina at Handball at London 2012. Final score 31 – 25. Go Iceland!
A polar bear has been spotted in Vatnsnes, North Iceland. Tourists apparently saw the bear swimming in the sea, and footprints have been found on a beach in the area. This is not an actual photo. If found, the Icelandic authorities will be faced with the usual dilemma- what to do with it. The last […]
Iceland, Defrosted 