Day 6

We have had a quiet day today going to the sea side! Not very inspiring. The south coast of Iceland near here has black sand and very poor access. In Britain we are used to the seaside having access from towns and villages, in Iceland the houses back onto the seawall making the sea difficult to get to and when you can get to it there is nothing to see. We thought we would go to see the continental divide instead.

This picture shows a path that goes along one side of the boundary between the tectonic plates .At the end of this path is the site of the first parliament that Iceland had in the 10th Century.

This is the view from the site of the parliament and shows the plain that seperates the two plates.










The water in the bottom of this plain is the most amazing shade of blue which the pictures do not do justice. This is the 'Drowning Pool' where until the 1700's women were drowned for not ironing the table cloths or having hubbies dinner on the table when he came back from a bit of pillaging.



Finally here is a close up view of an old lava field where you can clearly see the waves of molten rock before it solidified. All this geology so little time.