Black Sand Beaches with a side of Ice

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Below are some beaches, some ice and a cute puffin story

Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach

Located in the South Coast of Iceland

Again apologies for the blurry edges, Camera hadn't quite recovered from the Waterfalls. Will invest in a waterproof cover for my next trip

Used as a film location in Game of Thrones Season 7 as 'Beyond the Wall'

The Below Columns are said to be trolls trying to capture ships. However as these trolls were a wee bit slow (both in intelligence and speed) they were turned to stone before reaching the cave above (top photo)

Not a bad spot to sit an reflect...although a lot of the Rocks are quite sharp

A popular place for viewing puffins (apparently) Sadly we didn't see any, however were told a lovely story about them. In the Westman Islands to the Southeast of the Beach, every year, when Pufflings hatch they often get lost between the cliffs and the sea, and will end up in the town of Vestmannaeyar. There, the local children will collect the lost pufflings and return them to the sea 

Diamond Beach

So when you think of a beach on the South Coast, its normally somewhere along the lines of white sands, blue Sky's, warm weather, chunks of ice...

Hang on! But here on Iceland's South Coast that's exactly what we found

I mean, I'm from Scotland, and in my local beach growing up there was ice in the ice-creams...but this is something else

But how can this be! I hear you wonder. Well. A short walk up the road will you tell

 Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon 

So In the below I'm walking from the Beach, the Sea being behind be. The ice breaks from the glacier, floats down to the sea and is then washed up onto the beach.

Some of the tiny black dots below are actually seals! Really cute and hardcore. Its a wee bit nippy!

If ever I need to go to a tranquil place in my head, this is definitely one of them! I'm feeling calm just looking at these!

Apparently scenes from Die Another Day, A View to Kill, Tombraider and Batman Beings were filmed here. I Haven't seen any of the above, but what an amazing place to film

Its the kind of place that is so incredible, I kind of can't believe I was there

Thanks again for reading

Next time we're going thermal.....Geo-thermal