We went out to the north end of Heimaey Island to Sto'rhofdi, a hilly knob of land that was once an island itself until the isthmus was created by the Helgafell eruption several thousand years ago. We hiked past the lighthouse (one of Iceland's oldest and still operating since 1906) and down the grassy slope to the edge of the cliffs overlooking the sea. We saw sheep... >>>