Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Postcard from Heimaey

All back safe and very well from a fab day on Heimaey. Stopped off in delicious hot pots on our return to the mainland ... but the pupils were STILL full of energy despite their volcanic scramblings today! Ian Hardie has kindly given me access to his computer so that I can send you a postcard ...

This is a picture of the pupils as they descended into the crater of Eldfell volcano (which last erupted in 1973 ). Just before this photograph was taken the group had enjoyed spectacular views over the Westmann Islands as well as to the icecaps and mountains (and Hekla volcano) on the mainland (all the time whilst warming their bottoms on the summit steam vents on the crater rim).

So far we've done boiling mud puddles, lava fields, geysirs, glaciers, waterfalls and volcanoes (but, as Ian keeps telling us , we ain't seen nothing yet!).