{"id":481,"date":"2015-03-12T12:28:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T12:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/?p=481"},"modified":"2015-03-12T12:28:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T12:28:35","slug":"looking-forward-to-icelands-natural-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/looking-forward-to-icelands-natural-wonders\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking forward to Iceland&#8217;s Natural Wonders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/voyager.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/voyager.jpg\" alt=\"voyager\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/voyager.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/voyager-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Just a few days time (Monday to be precise), I will be boarding MV Voyager (Voyages of Discovery) for a two-week assignment to Iceland, and hopefully to experience a total solar eclipse off the coast of the Faroe Islands on the 20th of March.<\/p>\n<p>This is a new ship to me, which fills me both with anticipation\u00a0and anxiety in equal measure. My mission on all cruises that I work on is the same; to entertain passengers by providing them with\u00a0interesting and absorbing watercolour workshops. All cruise ships work slightly differently, however; the Voyager is smaller than the Marco Polo, so I&#8217;m hoping for a relaxed and enjoyable experience&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A Summary of the voyage is described on the &#8216;Voyages of Discovery&#8217; website as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;From the intriguing Faroe Islands set sail for Iceland, witnessing a thrilling total eclipse <em>e<\/em>n route. Admire impressive volcanic craters, lava lakes and spectacular waterfalls in Iceland and discover Belfast\u2019s historic and cultural gems before arriving in historic Portsmouth.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>As a landscape artist, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll appreciate why I was so keen to sign up for this one!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently gathering all my gear together for the trip, which kicks off in Portsmouth on Monday afternoon. The thermals need to be dug out again (it&#8217;s Iceland, after all), and good walking boots. We&#8217;ve also invested in a pair of funky &#8216;Solar Eclipse Specs&#8217;&#8230; check these out if you will&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harrisontelescopes.co.uk\/acatalog\/2459288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pretty daft-looking huh? I&#8217;m guessing, with a total solar eclipse in progress that no-one will be worried about how cool they look &#8211; we&#8217;re just keeping fingers crossed for clear skies on the day.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; I&#8217;m back to my packing&#8230; see you on &#8216;The Voyager&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In Just a few days time (Monday to be precise), I will be boarding MV Voyager (Voyages of Discovery) for a two-week assignment to Iceland, and hopefully to experience a total solar eclipse off the coast of the Faroe Islands on the 20th of March. This is a new ship to me, which fills me both with anticipation\u00a0and anxiety&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":483,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}