Thank-you for this. The Grapevine absolutely knocked it out of the ballpark with its coverage from Geldingadalir. Art's gorgeous photography and Valur's ridiculously enthusiastic approach to getting close to a fiery death were the next best thing to being there for those of us who couldn't get to Iceland because the world was ending. Josie Anne - you have a great future ahead of you as an interviewer - either Jeremy Paxman or Graham Norton - you choose!

I really love these episodes of A Memoir! Very well put together. The way Valur and Josie talk about this, it really brings back memories, as I was also there during the second day after the eruption and witnessed all the volcano activity before it happened. It was a crazy time and I've never had so much adrenaline in my life! The walk to the volcano was veeery difficult, as we walked through lava fields that never seemed to end, and there were some scary steep hills where rocks were falling down. We walked 25 km that day, and I'm not an experienced hiker. My shoes were so bad, and the way back to the parking spot was really tough, but we made it, and it was totally worth the experience! Luckily, shortly after they opened shorter routes, so the walk was only about 7 or 8 km total. Thanks for these amazing episodes!

Thank you. The eruption day 2 was the point at which I began to watch local news from Iceland.

The way you talk about watching the volcano is right, it's mesmerizing, hypnotic. It's so beautiful. That is also how astronauts talk about viewing space. ❤️

Thank you for this episode. I watched the volcano from the moment the live cams worked. Looking forward to the next episode.

Valur and Art covered the volcano story better than other news organization. Most of us watched the live online video feeds throughout the eruption, but the two of them brought the volcano, up front and personal to the entire world. It was as if we were right with them. Just a fantastic job by the two of them. A big congratulations to Valur and Art for incredible work.

Great report. Wonderful to bring back the good memories. What makes me smile is that in the movies there are traffics jams of people escaping the volcano; in Iceland the jams are people flocking towards it!

Thank you for the great memories - and all the unique reporting.

Love it. The coverage throughout the eruption was excellent. Enthusiastic, informative and beautifully shot. Thank you all for these reminiscences. Unforgettable.

That was so beautiful, remember this newscast and your Art has made the best videos about the vulcano!

A lovely show and great to see a young Scottish presenter as well of course...! Love from Edinburgh

Yes, the memories😌🇦🇺. I was amazed with Art's ability to film in terrain only meant for goats in such a smooth and stable way 😳😅👏.

Wow! It was my first time seeing the beginning of this volcano. That glowing red sky looking incredible surreal. Thank you for the continuing bravado Valur and Art show in their efforts to bring us amazing news! Josie does a great job of interviewing and it’s been wonderful watching her in other newscasts as well. She is a brave, adventurous soul.

Such amazing memories of following you and the amazing adventure you took us on with the volcano. At the height of the pandemic lockdown this was such a joy to watch and I was thrilled to see every instalment of Grapevine. I finally managed to visit myself in October 2021 and see the spectacular lava fields. The whole period is a very special time, thank you for all you’ve done 🙂

I’m amazed at all the situations behind the scenes. Valur was watching TV with his family that Friday when the eruption began. And the way Art and Valur got lost in their first visit to OUR beloved Fagradalsfjall. When I hear (and see) your adventures, I wish I had been there… 🌋

Thank you again for sharing your experiences. So many good memories of the volcano.

Marvellous coverage. It's astonishing how small the eruption was at the beginning, with the lava just oozing out from a couple of vents, before it later became more like a pulsating monster. I too purchased a gas mask (in UK), in case the wind changed direction when visiting in August, which was thankfully unnecessary. So I have no idea whether it would have worked.

As a late comer to the Grapevine channel, this inspired me to go back and find the first broadcast from the volcano, #86. I may have to binge watch all the ones I've missed now. 🙂 I wonder how many new viewers and subscribers the eruption helped to bring to The Grapevine.

Brilliant Valur, Art and Josie-Ann. Have appreciated your coverage of the volcano for a long time and I really love this personal aspect of your coverage as you look back. I'm not sure that all visitors really appreciated what the volcano meant for Icelanders themselves, and this memoir shows how deep that feeling for the volcano was. Wonderful! Takk!

Thank you for this video. I followed the volcano 🌋 from the beginning. Amazing. Begin of July I go visit the lava fields and see the volcano with a photography trip we make through Iceland. I’m exited to see it with my own eyes although it’s not active any more. Greetings from the Netherlands.

How can watching two people on a couch be so nail biting?

Wonderful memories! Thank you.

Wow! Great memoir! Thank you.

This volcano got me through my first year of teaching high school Earth Science (in a pandemic no less.) The cafeteria was closed all year so the students would eat lunch in our classrooms, and O would turn on the webcams so we could all watch the volcano. Takk fyrir.

what nostalgia! this was the photography and reporting that got me hooked on GV. special recall of the image of who was unknown to me at the time standing by the lava stream spewing out fire and light. Just lovely. all hail the birth of bob

Excellent. I remember the beginning episodes

Cool video! Loved the “fastest speaker in Iceland” guy. That was 😁

15 minutes in before we see the volcano!18 minutes and we see Bob.

glad the lava center is open it wasnt in june 2020

It was forecast many weeks back another Volcano would appear but nothing yet.

Now jochsn veir with cliam intview weve saw

Did not enjoy the..chat..segment. Would have preferred a review of Valur's onsite volcano coverage. Get rid of that damn hat!