The washing machine was very busy so Penny was up at 7am this morning to get in first. The washing was done and nearly dried by the time we got on the bus to Reykjavik at 9.15am. We had a guided tour for a couple of hours and then were left to our own devices for 5 hours. All of our colleagues agreed that we’d had enough time and could actually have been picked up after maybe 2 hours. It wasn’t helped by the fact that a few of the museums were closed but even so the centre is quite small, the shops are all the same (tourist tat at stupid prices) and there really wasn’t a lot to see. The majority of the city has been built in the last 30 years so history and nice buildings were definitely lacking. Can you believe that up to 2009 the tourist numbers visiting Iceland were up to 200k but since the volcanic eruption this has increased rapidly and this year they are expecting the number to hit 2.4m. For a country whose population is only 300k that is absolutely phenomenal and as you can imagine they are desperately unprepared. The area around Reykjavik is definitely more touristy and the shops, cafes etc are all open but tourism is definitely still in it’s infancy. We travelled 70km north from camp today to visit Gulfoss that is probably the most spectacular waterfall that we’ve seen so far. Per the signs the force of it at some points is more than the Niagara falls. There were plenty of Americans around telling us that Niagara was definitely better. After this we visited the town of Geysir where we were watching the hot springs sprouting water and steam fountains at regular intervals. Stokkir the one that sprouts the most frequent was on top form for us and went off maybe 6 times in the 20 minutes we visited when officially it should go off about every 8-10 mins. Penny got a great photo, she had her camera poised with finger on the button ready to take when she heard the rumble and she actually managed to do that whilst jumping a few foot in the air herself as it made her jump out her skin. Mark just stood in the background laughing and was amazed when the photo was actually good. Next stop was Lake Laugervatn where we found a beautiful spot on the edge to have our lunch. At the point of parking we didn’t realise we were next to the Fontana spa but we soon realised when we were watching people come out of the spa and walk into the lake. The spa was between 30-40 degrees and the lake was 15 degrees so nobody hung about and we had a few laughs over lunch. We looked at the price, thought it was a rip off but went in anyway and had a few enjoyable hours in the 3 steam rooms, sauna and 4 different temperature large hot tubs whilst watching all the activity on the lake. Final stop of the day was at Skaholt to look at the church and archaeological dig. The original church here was the oldest in Iceland and the dig was to uncover the ruins of that and the school that it later became. The dig was done about 10 years ago and is now somewhat overgrown which was a little disappointing. The new church was also not great although the mosaic tapestry behind the altar was good. There was also a museum in the church but we refrained as we’d learned enough from our guidebook. We woke to a miserable day so thought we’d go to the Hvergerdi to the supermarket and look at the 2008 earthquake exhibition before we decided what to do for the rest of the day. At lunchtime it was still raining heavy and Mark wasn’t feeling well so we headed back to camp where it was beautiful sunshine. As there was nobody else at camp we took advantage of using the washing machines and then Penny went off for a walk around town and found a charity shop where she bought for £1 the Iceland puzzle she’d been eyeing up but too tight to buy at £25. After a look at the river and different supermarket, she spotted the French motorhomes (a rival tour group) in town so rushed back to save our colleagues pitches.