Last night we shifted the clocks one hour and tonight we shift them a further hour which puts us onto GMT. One more shift and we'll be right, just in time to stop off in Scrabster on Friday.
The captain told us this evening that the Sound we came down a few days ago is now blocked with ice so we were very lucky to get through when we did. We were the first and possibly only ship to get through so far this year.
Reykjavik has another eruption at the moment. We went there when the earth tremors were increasing in number so it was expected. Again we were lucky to get in and out before that erupted. It is seems it's a fissure which has opened and its sending up a curtain of lava. Its quite close to the airport so would have been visible from the ship. Depending upon its actual distance from the main road out of Reykjavik could have stopped some of the trips getting to their original destinations. In some ways I'd like to gave been there to see it but no-one is allowed up close as its giving off large amounts of sulfur gas.
I'll be getting off the ship for a wander in Scrabster if for no other reason than to walk on dry land for a couple of hours.
I'd like to stop off at a bank, pick up some plasters and a small bag of nuts if I can.
No idea why but I have a real craving for salted peanuts!
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