Day 5

Day 5: The last day; Helisheidi geothermal power station, Reykyavik then back to the airport.

It was the earliest start of the trip this morning and a shame to have to say goodbye to our wonderful hosts at Husid Guesthouse and Iceland. First stop was the Helisheidi Geothermal power plant where boys got a chance to see the scale at which Iceland utilises geothermal energy. The Helisheidi plant provides most of the hot water and electricity for Reykyavik. We travelled from the power plant onto Reykyavik following the pipes and pilons over the basalt ranges, incredibly over a distance of 30 km the hot water only losses 2 degrees and is delivered to homes at 81 degrees C!

The first stop in Reykyavik was the perlin, the hot water tanks holding water from the power plant we visited in the morning, standing on top of these gave us an excellent vista over Reykyavik. A visit to the Cathedral and walk through town was interesting, followed by a chance for all to do a spot of shopping and find some lunch.

It was then back to the airport for our flight back to the UK. What a great bunch of boys to share Iceland with, hopefully an experience that will have inspired then to explore more amazing places in the world or to revisit Iceland in the future having some fond memories of this visit.

Thank you to our coach driver Jurn, our guide Katy, staff at Husid and most of all the wonderful geography department staff who have made the trip possible, and Mr Watson of course.

Happy Easter holidays all.