we've just landed in Iceland and we're going to try and do six nights for £600
including flights, accommodation, car hire, petrol, food, drink, activities, everything
like the amount that came up on the till was a lot
woah oh no
we are on a budget so
it better be decent
should we see what that view looks like this morning
good morning sleepyhead the sun has literally just come out
today we are going to start
exploring the Golden Circle which as you can see from the map is here
it's quite a popular tourist hotspot because it's not too far from Reykjavik
a lot of tourists come and do the day trip orccome and stay a night
and it's full of the things that you've probably seen when people talk about Iceland
before we get on the road I should firstly get dressed
James is just finishing up breakfast but let me quickly show you the house
if you missed it in the last video we went and did a supermarket shop and
it wasn't as expensive as we thought it was gonna be was it
it was £57
yeah, we got quite a lot of stuff so
James is making breakfast we've got scrambled eggs
we've got Heinz baked beans please don't judge us
thanks for the breakfast James
should I tell everybody how they can stay here for really, really cheap
yes I would like to know okay
if you've watched any of my videos before you might have seen we've
stayed in some ridiculous places in New York, in Napa, in Barcelona and it's all
using a website called Love Home Swap
it's a website that helps people
facilitate their home shops across the globe however there is also a point swap
option for non-simultaneous swaps that's what we do
when you first sign up you get points allocated
I'm going to show you the membership where you get 500 points
and this at the moment is costing this much for the year
this place yes, this place with that bloody view
is 220 points a night so you could get this
place between two people for £27 a night
I could not recommend it enough
I am not being paid to say that we pay our membership ourselves
if home swapping isn't for you then don't worry you can still do this road trip
I'm going to show you two nights of accommodation here that I nearly booked
they're both guesthouses so, okay they're not quite like this however
they've both got access to shared kitchens so if you're trying to keep down the cost and
cook they are definitely one for to look into
all of this is gonna be linked in a blog down below for you
I wanted to quickly show you this as well because I'm a little bit ashamed of this
but also really proud. It's a Tupperware box that I bought from home
I've got some sauces
I've got some snack bars I've got some cutlery for the road
tins of tuna
look these are the beauty products I've made my own little spice rack
I've got these from Muji and they are supposed to be for putting your shampoo
in but they work a bloody treat
I've got snack bars, just got some rice that I had left over
and the stock pots
I'm going to use one of these for my soup
this should keep it warm for 12 hours apparently
still loads left for tomorrow
that's for lunch, I made sandwiches too
the weather in this place changes every five minutes
look at it now, it's bloody glorious but not too long ago it looked like this
I know the view is great and that you're really comfy but I think we
should probably go and see Iceland
it's quite windy isn't isn't it
a bit blowy
we have come quite far as well do you remember what we used to film ourselves
yeah tape
yeah we taped my phone to the bloody dashboard
we've actually got a camera this time we're like Top Gear
that company they sent me it because they're from bloody Sexi Wrexi
that's where I'm from!
what's your favorite thing about Wrexham? the camera company
nice save
we'll check it out on the way but first stop we're gonna go to the Geysir
probably saying that wrong
which is that that blowly bit like a humpback whale but out of the ground
what one thing did you learn about Icelandic roads last night James?
they've got lots and lots of potholes everywhere
I was driving like this
since olfi sent me this camera I do have to say this
this is the entry level camera and therefore I am actually recording the audio on my phone here
just in case it does have audio but it sounds like this
it does have audio but it sounds like this
so what I think it's
gonna be really good for it's just given as a few of those extra shots that we
wouldn't have thought of before
onto our first stop
they're happy with that one that was a 5.4 on the guff scale
it was a big blowy
did you get some guff in your face?
poppy blow off
you know when someone in the office decides to make scrambled eggs in the microwave
egg attack
these people have been here for like 7 minutes posing and waiting
she's so bloody happy
mate you've missed it if you haven't taken it by now
you've missed it
idiots
coffee inside would have cost us
£4 don't worry about it guys
got a bloody flask
yeah
I'm 82
I bought James a gift for this trip he's putting it to good use
yo give me your snow
give me, er, Iceland, I'm gonna, I can't see
we're going to a waterfall
so can you
I'm gonna nick your water just pop it in a couple of
two-litre bottles I've got a 1.5 coke bottle here that you could empty and
fill it up please
thank you
you look terrifying
give me all your snow
I mean what a gift
you're kidding
let's wait a second because the snow
has just begun
should we have our soup
which is so much cheaper than if we'd bought it
it's £13 for some lamb soup at the last place
crazy, just make it yourself
does this mean we are old?
it means that we are thrifty
please sir can I have some soup?
a little soup
just a little soupy-soup
oh it looks good though James and we've got a sandwich to dip in
it is quite spectacular
it's so bitterly cold but that view is just outrageous
you can't cut the cold
hello
we've just made a very adventurous decision we've decided to go back to the house
we were gonna spend the rest of the afternoon and the early evening
exploring however that house is just so beautiful
I think it would be a real shame to not probably enjoy it
but we have to have a packed out day
we'll just set off early
we'll set off early so
cut to us enjoying a beverage or two
back at the place
duty free
a lot cheaper than buying in Iceland we've got two bottles for £14
so, we can take that off the budget as well
wine time
I think that's all you're gonna get out of us for today
see you in the morning
bye beautiful house
a shit ton of tourist shit today
it's a rocket