Iceland lived up to the dream of ’land of fire and ice’

Walking through bubbling, rock strewn landscapes proved to be the perfect holiday for practised rambler, Paul McCarthy, who is already planning his return to the ‘land of fire and ice’.

The stark bleakness is at once overwhelming and inspiring — a landscape of rock and lava formed from violent explosions deep underground.

It is a countryside that inspires thoughts of trolls and elves, and admiration for a people that have survived and thrived in such a place.