I want to go somewhere warm.
I want to go to California, Las Vegas and Nevada,
ride a motorbike on the Pacific Coast Highway, anything warm.
California. Bonnie Wright, she lives in California.
Give her a call and stop talking about it. Just do it.
In already the short time I've been here in Iceland
I've really noticed that people are just so in love with their landscape
and where they're from and think just have a natural sensibility
and desire to want to protect it.
- I don't think it's meant to be. - She'll pick up.
Icelanders overall are a very creative and inventive people.
We can create new things and adapt nature without exploiting it.
One second, I'm going to turn my phone off.
- It's keeps vibrating. - No problem.
She just hung up on me.
I'm not surprised. She probably looked at her phone and thought,
"Forget this, I'm not talking to that clown."
Use my phone.
What's up? You've called me like 12 times.
- Hello, Bon, how are you doing? - Finally!
- Where are you right now? - I'm actually in Iceland at the minute.
- Iceland? - That could work.
We'll join you, if that's okay?
Yeah, sure. Tomorrow I'm going on this whale watching tour boat.
I'm really interested in seeing this boat that is an old ship, sail boat,
that has this electric engine.
But, yeah, it's tomorrow morning, so...
If you can get here by then I would love you to join me,
but I know how good you are with timing.
Okay, anyway, look, I'll text you the address. I've got to go.
I'm in the middle of chatting to the First Lady of Iceland.
She's with the First Lady of Iceland.
- Good. You've changed. - Hey, Bon.
They must sell some really cool stationery.
- Could you get me a pencil? - I am not taking anything for you.
They won't mind. It's a gift for your brothers after all.
Look, I've really got to go but I'll text you.
Excellent. Do that and we'll see you in Húsavík.
And don't forget, pencil.
Iceland! Why are we going somewhere where it's colder than it is right now?
I'll tell you what, for our next trip,
I promise I'll find us somewhere warmer.
Than Iceland? That shouldn't be too hard.
- I'm James. - And I'm Oliver.
We spent a decade playing Fred and George,
the Weasley twins in the Harry Potter movies.
However, we're not really redheads or wizards.
But we are twins and we've finally grown up.
Well, one of us has.
- This sibling rivalry is real. - I don't want to get in between this.
We've been lucky enough to travel all over the world with our work.
I've never been so terrified in my life.
Meeting some amazing people and making some fantastic friends.
And now, it's time to bring you on the journey with us.
So we're snorkelling in the Arctic Circle.
It's going to be freezing!
What could go wrong?
This time we're flying to Iceland to hang out with Bonnie Wright.
We've known the brilliant Bonnie Wright since she was nine years old.
She played our little sister,
Ginny Weasley, in all eight of the Harry Potter movies.
I know how to open chambers. You know, like, secret chambers.
Bonnie now lives in California where she acts, writes, directs,
and is a huge advocate for the environment,
so it's hardly surprising she can be found in a country like Iceland.
- Let's see how this plan turns out. - We're gonna have some fun.
Thankfully the flight to Iceland only takes three hours.
From Reykjavik we'll jump onto an internal flight,
then drive out to the harbour in Húsavík
where Bonnie's all-electric whale-watching boat is waiting for us.
Húsavík, what a place!
It's just a shame we arrived too late to really see any of it.
With the boat ready to leave we're still at least a six minute sprint away.
I don't know why we waited so long to get here.
Come on!
Plenty of time, you see. Thanks very much. Hey, Bonnie.
- You made it. Just in time. - How you doing, Bon?
Well, good to see you.
So where are we?
We are in Iceland and we're going to go hopefully find some whales.
Yes! Got my whale glasses on.
Whale calls here we come.
Our very own Moby Dick-style adventure.
Whale hunting! Not hunting, following. Whale following.
We'll just watch whales from a safe distance.
Go for the lighthouse there.
Oh, yeah. Going the right way.
Well, at least the weather's nice.
And yet there are still no whales. Just endless sea.
- One for the family album. - Yeah.
Water, water everywhere and not a drop of it contains a whale.
Cheers, everyone, cheers.
Keeps you warm.
- So we met you in Húsavík. - Yes.
I've got a couple of "did you knows" about Húsavík.
It was the first place the Nordic people came to,
settled here.
And the name "Húsavík" actually means "row of houses".
It's supposed to be the main place to go and see whales in the world.
What animals are also here in Iceland?
Well, there's puffins as well as the whales.
- I've never seen a puffin. - Leave it with me. I've got a plan.
He had a plan about getting here on time as well.
Yeah, let's see how this plan turns out.
There you go, row of houses.
A row? Quite a few rows.
I think we could do with a better vantage point.
Oliver, seeing as you're the oldest twin...
Wait, only by 13 minutes.
It's only right that you're the one to take to the rigging.
Then you will see that this line ends there,
so then you have to unclip and go to the next one.
Yeah. And how cold is the water?
Dangling from a rope above some freezing whale-less water?
It's not exactly what I was expecting to be doing
when I called Bonnie to ask if we could visit her in sunny LA.
He does want to do it.
Only go as far as you want to go.
- Go as high as that rigging. - Shut up!
No, just go how far you want.
You're in the shade.
Can you see any puffins? Any whales, can you see?
Seagulls. There's a few ducks.
Look! Is it a whale? No, it's a luxury spa.
- That's it, well done. - There you go.
- I've got you! - Yeah, you've got me.
- Nice, good job. - Well done.
If you didn't have sea legs, you will now.
Just as we're about to give up,
Bonnie spots something in the distance.
Whales!
Look, there, look!
There's a few bobbing up and down and then suddenly
loads of them appear.
They are incredible.
The whales that we are seeing at the moment,
they are called the long-finned pilot whales.
Pilot whales.
I mean, if I had to say, I think they're a long-fin.
You're saying that as if we've just been told that.
The lady just told us they were long-finned pilot whales.
This isn't to do with anything in the show. Honestly.
A whale expert from Birmingham...
I wonder how many there are, like 20, 30 of them.
There are over 30,000 pilot whales living in Icelandic waters.
These highly social mammals can grow to 22 feet in length
and often weigh as much as three tonnes.
Like me after a heavy weekend then.
It's incredible.
Not expecting that. They're just all around the boat now.
I think I'm surprised by how many there are.
What a brilliant welcome to Iceland.
Our new friends, having each signed model release forms,
soon vanish into the deep.
I must say, Bon, that was a great shout.
- That was amazing. - That was so cool.
I tell you what, if it's that easy to find animals in Iceland...
I reckon our little puffin trip could be a good shout.
- I'd love to see a puffin. - Leave it with me.
It's time for another adventure.
This one involves a man in a woolly jumper called Anton.
Our destination?
Anton's underground lair near Lake Miyvatn.
- Hey, guys. - Hey, Anton!
- Nice to meet you. I'm Anton. - James, nice to meet you.
- Bonnie, and Oliver. - Bonnie.
- Nice to meet you, mate. - Oliver.
- Yeah, almost the same. - Orange on the outside.
- Welcome to Miyvatn. - Thanks very much.
- Thank you. - We're going caving.
There's a lava tube. So it's an old volcano
and inside it there's a permafrost ice cave.
So when you say ice caves, how cold are we talking?
- Zero degrees. - Cool.
Thought he'd say freezing.
The cave is pretty much the same, yeah.
Summer and winter, zero degrees.
- You'll warm up on the way home. - Sounds good.
- Get the heating on. - Just hop in.
- Jump in. - You may have to jump in, yeah?
- Easy. - Actually, Oliver.
I'll go in the front because it's my trip.
- We will on the way back. - I'm keeping my seat!
Good thing about this car, it's very easy to manoeuvre and turn around.
- You just drive over people? - Yes.
So people have been living here since settlement of Iceland.
We happen to have a volcano in our backyard.
The cave is protected and sometimes in the winter
it can be difficult to get up here.
You have to be a bit more flexible.
What's the, the, like, "no worries"?
Yeah, that's...
It's the single most important thing you have to learn.
In a land famous for the mystical, a haven of elves and trolls,
it's unsurprising the conversation soon took a magical turn.
We don't have a Santa Claus.
We have a Christmas Cat.
Christmas Cat likes to eat people
but only those who don't get any new clothes for Christmas.
So if you know an Icelandic person
and they give you one sock for Christmas...
- They're saving you. - They're not being cheap.
They're saying, "Hey. I'd like to save you from the Christmas cat."
There's a beautiful message in the story. You just have to look for it.
Because in Harry Potter, the way Harry that frees
Dobby, the house-elf, is by giving him a sock
because if you have a piece of clothing you're no longer
a servant to your master or whatever.
- So he's free when he gets the sock? - So he is free.
So an act of kindness, the singular sock.
We have a lot of elves here, they are difficult.
Are there ever any in the caves?
- If you see an elf in this cave... - OK, I'll let you know.
I'll give you all my socks.
I was always a big fan of the Harry Potter and everything and I read it all.
As a kid, I grew up with it.
As I guess you did as well.
Yes, similar.
A little bit more in depth but still.
So we'll park here and we'll go into the underworld.
Yes.
Surprisingly, a five tonne monster truck
can only take us so far and so the final leg of our journey
is to be completed on foot.
Looking back over the vast field of lava
we've just driven across, an environment spawned
by a volcanic eruption over 2,300 years ago,
I half expected to see Gandalf screaming
"You're on the wrong set!"
So, this is our palace.
Okay, so, shoes.
We have spikes on the bottom of the shoes.
If we use crampons, we'd leave permanent marks on the ice
and the ice in there is so fragile in some places
it only changes like under a centimetre between summer and winter.
Wellies with pins in them.
"Wellies", that's what you call them?
I like that, it's a very happy word. Welly, would you like a welly?
Helmets.
- Anyone want an orange one? - Yes, we have three orange ones.
Orange seems to be our theme today.
Yeah. Well, you know, ginger family.
Of course, and that.
Has any permafrost become non-permafrost here?
- Yes. Not in this cave. - That's a shame.
It's the reality we live in as our planet gets warmer.
It is a very fragile place.
We want the cave to look exactly as it is now when we go out
and inside there are no rails,
no markings for the trail, nothing like that. This way.
Given Oliver is very claustrophobic, this could get interesting.
That is cold water. Just touched it, it's cold.
You feel the cold breeze coming from the cave.
That's the breath of the cave.
It takes one breath a year.
It breathes in cold air
and when it's above zero degrees on the outside,
it starts blowing out air.
This is the key to the ice inside the cave.
Air only goes into the cave during winter time.
You see that little rock sticking down?
That's the end of it. That's where it gets bigger.
- Nothing to worry about. - Yes, we've got this.
Start pulling the rope and then take one step,
and then take another one and before you know it,
you're in the realm of the elves.
So up here, down on our stomach.
- And you use the rope. - Easy.
The best way to conquer a fear is to do the fear.
Yeah...
Unless that fear is going through a really, really small hole.
If you need us...
This is the thing he genuinely hates.
Yeah, he's claustrophobic.
Good work.
That is actually my worst fear.
Honestly, that is like my worst fear.
You're small, you'll run through it.
Come on.
I'll ask a troll to make a cup of coffee.
Well done, mate.
I don't know what he's so worried about, it's not that deep.
Well, it's not... I mean... Yeah.
It's okay, I could stay here all day.
He's panicking a bit now but he's conquered his fear
and that's what these travel things are about, isn't it?
Although he's definitely going to be grumpy after this.
On the Weather Channel today,
it's rather cold with light winds
from November and December coming through the tunnel.
Stay a little bit closer to the wall. There you are.
Climbing backwards.
So we are now in the bottleneck of the cave.
So we have about 100 metres of this
before we get into the main chamber.
Next time you get an idea, think of it and think of another one.
You know what? This idea is giving even more than I thought it would.
You just go over the hill
and then you slide into the darkness.
You've got loads of room above you.
- How are you doing? - Good.
- Slide down! - Slide into the darkness.
This is what we call the Castle.
When we get around the Castle, this is the main chamber.
Pretty fantastic!
- Here it opens up. - Yeah.
That is incredible.
So the tube is the same but there's lower ice in here.
I've been coming here for now 12 years.
Today is my trip number 500
and every time it's just amazing.
There's no way to say how old these things are.
So you can put your leg down to there.
I'll be here to help you out.
You can actually see the ice particles in your breath.
To your left. Foot on this. Along here.
Lean in.
You broke the rules.
We don't snack in here.
Are you getting this on camera?
Everybody thinks James and me are the ones who do this type of stuff.
- It's always the younger sister. - You didn't tell us that!
- You can eat your... It's fine. - No, no, no.
If you come back here and you see a frozen Snickers bar...
- These we call the elves. - Hello, elves.
We come here every day at the same time.
I wonder one day if I will walk in here and meet an elf in pyjamas.
They're like, "This is not your hour!"
Yeah, he's like in his pyjamas, a bowl of popcorn!
This way.
Ready?
Is that your famous smile?
The cave does continue further.
It used to be possible to go in the chamber down at the bottom.
I know how to open chambers.
Well, you know, like secret chambers.
I know you said there were no snakes in Iceland
but I can speak Parseltongue so maybe I can open this chamber.
- OK, I'll give it a go. - Give it a go.
I think you're losing your touch, Bonnie.
I don't think it translates into Icelandic.
Maybe you should try the Icelandic.
- You can translate for me. - Okay.
Having utterly failed to get us into the secret chamber,
Anton has something else he wants to show us.
Because the ice is so soft, it makes a deep, vibrating note.
I've never allowed this to be filmed before,
so for 500 trips we've kept this a secret.
That was amazing.
- Incredible. Really cool. - Thank you.
Bye-bye, elves.
- Bye, elves. - Bye, elves, bye.
Bye, chamber.
And don't break out any more snacks, okay?
No, okay.
It feels like sunrise.
- That was amazing. - That was good fun.
Did this not slightly conquer your fear of claustrophobia?
It did to a point. I've got to be honest.
It did to a point get me past that point of "I can't do this."
It's exactly being part of where you are at that moment in time,
not thinking ahead, not thinking behind.
- Yes and being present. - In the moment.
So very good on that one.
I think we only lost two crew members.
Yeah, a couple down there.
- Apparently, that's really good. - Good, yeah! It's a good ratio.
Anton won't mind. He's not going to watch the show
'cause he doesn't have a television, so...
If I was to book us for something even more claustrophobic for you?
Sod off.
We're heading back to Húsavík, to that spa I spotted earlier.
The water is full of minerals and heated by geothermal energy.
If we're lucky, we might even catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights.
There you go, that's for you.
And that one's for you, Bon.
- Cheers. - Cheers to the cold and the hot.
Cheers, yeah.
The Northern Lights are an astronomical phenomenon
formed by neurons and protons from solar winds,
penetrating particles in the Earth's atmosphere,
creating a beautiful evanescence effect.
You just looked that upon Wikipedia, didn't you?
Tell me now this isn't the highlight of the day.
It's absolutely incredible. I'm blown away.
You can read about these Northern Lights and you can see it on TV,
but there's something about seeing it live.
Yeah, it's almost like a wave.
- Well done, Oliver. - Thanks.
The next morning, we're up early,
off to the most northerly part of Iceland, Grimsey.
So, as you know, we're here in Akureyri.
The reason why we are at the airport
is we're going to get a plane up to Grimsey,
which is the most northern part of Iceland.
The Arctic Circle passes through it,
so we can actually go into the Arctic Circle, rather coolly.
Excellent.
But more importantly, there are puffins there.
Some are on land, some are on sea, they like to vary.
But while we're there also, we're going to go snorkelling.
You've just said we're going to the Arctic Circle.
So we're snorkelling in the Arctic Circle?
- Yes. - It's going to be freezing!
Off to Grimsey and then we'll go and have some fun.
Bon and I are putting up with James' ridiculous plan,
but only to finally see some puffins in real life.
So, this flight I think is technically known as the flight of the puffins.
The flight of the puffins!
This one is going to Greenland, that one is going to Grimsey.
We're off to a good start,
attempting to board a plane to Greenland.
Thankfully, nobody saw.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen!
On behalf of Norlandair, I welcome you aboard this flight to Grimsey.
The estimated flying time is 30 minutes.
So, where are the puffins?
Did you know puffins only live on land for a couple of weeks a year?
The rest, they're in the sea.
So, either way, we're going to find them.
- Why would we be in the sea? - To see the puffins.
So, they used to have seagulls here as well. There's one less.
Oh, my God!
In terms of landings, how exciting was that?
- On a scale of one to ten? - Yeah.
I would say it's about an eight and a half.
So, first of all we almost got on a plane to Greenland.
We did, yeah.
Second of all, come into land and take out a family of seagulls.
No, this isn't passport control, it's our local guide, Halla.
That's not shut.
Welcome to Grimsey. Very glad to have you here.
We are on top of the world and I think this is paradise.
Does anyone have a spell for keeping a rusty door shut?
On paper they say we are 64,
but there are less than 20 that live here the whole year.
Can you talk us through what we're going to be doing today?
I was hoping that we will be able to snorkel.
When we go out there, will we be seeing puffins?
No, the puffin left.
They prefer to be on the ocean.
- We missed the puffins. - Yeah.
I tried to ask them to wait, but they didn't listen.
- Shall we come in? - Yeah, great.
Not going to lie, I'm a bit disappointed.
I thought we were going to see puffins.
I'm pretty sad about it.
So, James, we've come all the way to the north,
technically the Arctic Circle, to see puffins and they've left.
So, we're stuck on an island, miles from anywhere.
- But there's 21 people here. - Exactly, yeah.
Go to the pub, then.
Instead of puffin spotting, we decide to go to the Arctic Circle.
Halla says there's a spherical sculpture
that marks the point where the Circle crosses the island.
You did it!
Yeah, it worked!
Home to one shop, two small hotels
a library, a primary school and a campsite,
Grimsey has held a long reputation for raising chess champions.
How self-sustainable is the island?
This island has been self-sustainable very long.
It's only the oil we need.
The ferry brings the stuff we want, not that we need it.
And how big is this island?
Five kilometres this way, and about three kilometres this way.
And does everybody live on one side of the island?
Yes.
And by everybody, you mean all 22 people?
I was going to say that!
As we amble along, the conversation returns
to the reason we've come to Grimsey in the first place.
- Where are the puffins, James? - Yeah, James, where are the puffins?
You can see their burrows.
- The seagulls are using them now. - They're everywhere here.
Well, it's good to see where the puffins were.
- When they are here, this is covered. - I bet.
You don't need puffins to enjoy that view.
We'll add all the puffins in post, right?
Sorry, mate, I'm not sure our budget matches the Potter movies.
Fine, time for plan B.
Hi, there. I was just wondering if I could book in some puffins,
please, for a television programme that I'm filming.
I suppose as many as you've got.
Yeah, we're on the island of Grimsey. It's just north of Iceland.
Yeah, Puffin Island, I know that,
but I was just wondering if there was any availability
that we could get some here
for the background of a TV show we're doing.
Well, as soon as possible, really. When do you think that that would be?
April? Right, okay.
Okay, never mind, maybe next time. Okay, thank you, bye-bye.
I'm going to kill my brother.
As we approach the Arctic Circle,
the monument Halla mentioned earlier finally comes into view.
Now, if you're watching this and you're a giant,
and you ever want a game of marbles,
this is the place for you.
So, the huge sphere, what does that actually represent?
This is the marker for the Arctic Circle
that the locals were supposed to roll
on the Summer Solstice every year.
On the day we heard it was arriving,
we all went to the harbour to pick the ball up,
and then we found out that this is eight tonnes of concrete.
They heard you were all strong here.
That's what they must have heard.
What I will say, I'm going to be the first Phelps
to ever go to the Arctic Circle.
- He's going to be the first one. - Always got to win.
First member of the Phelps family to ever make it to the Arctic Circle.
I'm so proud it's me.
This hole here is the direction the Arctic Circle crosses at.
We do what any serious documentary filmmaker
studying a fantastic piece of art dedicated to nature would do.
Immediately try to climb it!
You don't catch David Attenborough doing this, now, do you?
Mister Adventurer here. Down you come.
There's nothing up here to hold onto.
No? Down you come.
- Go on, Bon, up you get. - No, I'm okay.
One, two, three.
Oh, my God!
- No, I can't! - You up? Right, see you then.
Imagine if it just rolled into the sea right now.
Scary!
Okay, now what?
No, don't leave me here!
I didn't sign up for this!
Back at base,
I get ready to lure my brother into the freezing Arctic waters.
So, the trick is to put your arms in first.
- Stop flexing. - I'm not, you're pulling my arm.
And, yes, Bon's here too.
Why are they even filming this bit?
Surely nothing so humiliating will ever make the cut.
There!
- Reborn. - Good girl.
If I could breathe through my neck,
or breathe full stop, I think that would help.
We aren't dressed like starved penguins just to hang around on land.
No, we're going to have one final look for those illusive puffins.
It's time for the part that Bon and I have been dreading.
There's no puffins there.
- You didn't find them? - No puffins.
As relaxing goes, this is perfect, look. Just sit back.
We may not have seen any puffins,
and I will forever hold my brother accountable for that,
but on the flip-side of that we got some amazing time out
with some fantastic people, in a place where
I don't think I would've come before,
but I would definitely come back again.
I'm so glad that the plane waited for us.
It's just not the type of service you get in other places.
So, our flight is at five o'clock and the time now is about four minutes to.
- Perfect. - Bonnie, this is yours.
"While visiting the island of Grimsey, the northernmost part of Iceland,"
"has today reached the Arctic region."
Yes!
- And, Oliver, that's you. - Thank you very much.
- And James. - Thank you very much.
With our plane ready to take off, we bid the puffins,
well, the lack of puffins, farewell.
This time, we're flying back to Reykjavik, Iceland's capital city.
It's one of the cleanest, greenest places on the planet,
and it also looks as if it could be constructed entirely of Lego.
A really cool thing that they do here is have jumpers.
Like Anton's knitted sweater, the famous Icelandic sheep's wool sweaters.
I think they're called lopas foya or something like that.
Having realised the Icelandic look is very Weasley chic,
we decided to visit the Handknitting Association of Iceland
to buy matching jumpers.
You know, just in case we didn't look similar enough already.
As a small token of gratitude to our fictional sister,
we get Bonnie a present.
'Cause you've been such a great person to have on this trip,
you close your eyes, I've got a surprise for you.
- Okay. - Tweet, tweet, tweet.
- So, there's your puffins. - You found puffins!
These look like kind of handcuffs. Are you trying to...
- Puffin handcuffs. - What would you do with these?
It's not that type of show.
- Hello, how you doing? - Hello, guys ! Fine.
Is there a difference in the type of jumper you have in terms of thickness?
It's all the same yarn.
This one is made out of three threads of unspun yarn.
- This one's the traditional one. - Okay.
You need to have a pattern here, here and here,
so that means Icelandic lopapeysa.
And how would you treat them, wash them or anything like that?
You just wash them one or two times a year.
About as often as James washes his pants, then.
This should last at least 15, 20 years.
There we go, that's my type of clothing.
Kitted, or should I say "knitted" out,
we set off into the Icelandic wilderness.
We're about to experience an ancient, slightly smelly form of transport.
The Icelandic horse arrived here in the ninth century,
accompanying the first Norse settlers.
Their reduced, stocky stature makes them ideal for the harsh climate.
The opposite of us, then?
- Hello, hi. - Hi.
Welcome.
We never got to ride any horses during the Potter movies.
We did run head first through a wall
at King's Cross Station though, so this should be easy.
There's just one horse breed in Iceland, called the Icelandic horse.
They're five-gaited, and most horses in the world are just three-gaited.
Icelandic horses can walk, trot, gallop,
and extra they have "tolt".
That is a very smooth, four-beaded gait.
And some Icelandic horses, not all of them,
have the fifth gait called "skeith",
and that can be really, really fast.
I used to ride a lot when I was a child and teenager,
but I actually had an accident on a horse,
so I haven't actually ridden since I had my accident.
I've done a couple of rides in the States,
like on Western style, so learning how to wrangle.
- Probably one ride in my life. - Yes, excellent!
This gives me an idea which horses I will use for each one.
For what feels like the 15th time today, we put on yet more items of clothing.
- Not too tight? - No. It's perfect. Thank you.
That one has blue eyes.
James doesn't know it yet,
but we're being joined by a very special guest.
- How are you getting on? - Great.
- How are you? - Doing really well.
- You stop there. Wrist! - Okay.
And then you turn again.
So, we are going to go and find a pal of mine, Volli,
who is a fantastic chef,
and he's going to cook us up some lovely dinner.
Well, we've got to go follow the path to it.
- What, on our horses? - On horseback.
On a scale of one to ten, how much do you think your horse
is going to be listening to you the whole way?
- We've got a bond. - A bond, as well.
James has said that if the horses see a puffin,
they're allowed to go for it.
Anyway, lead on, James, lead on.
Good boy.
This feels so funny, riding like this.
We're having a good time, aren't we?
He's a bit like me, to be honest with you, a little bit clumsy at times.
And Moon is just like me, you know.
Just, kind of ephemeral, feminine, strawberry red hair.
The intrepid explorers and their noble steeds
crept onwards through the epic lava fields,
to the growl of a distant volcano.
Or was that their stomachs beginning to collectively rumble?
Anyway, we'd been travelling for what felt like miles,
in order to get these cool drone shots and our destination,
my mate Volli's temporary riverside restaurant.
How's that?
I don't think I've ever had so much fun on a horse.
To be honest, there was a bit of, almost, hesitancy.
Yeah, pleased to get back on the horse, yeah.
Volli is an amazing chef,
having opened restaurants all over the world.
At home in Iceland, he's published best-selling cookbooks
and is an authority on all things volcanic and cooking.
Weirdly, Volli knows Oliver and is still willing to meet up with him for lunch,
but he has to catch it first.
- Hey, Oliver! - Hi.
- Long time. How you doing? - Good.
- Welcome. - Thank you.
You look very professional in the Icelandic sweaters.
- Yeah. - Yes.
Just a little casual setting.
Look at that.
So, I've been fishing all morning
and I caught this beautiful trout.
- I'm very excited to cook for you. - Yeah, exciting.
- Ready for it? - Yes.
You're a star!
Volli, James brought a puffin with him.
Will you shut up about the bloody puffin?
Have you not seen the puffin?
- Has that been there the whole time? - Yeah!
You've been riding with your puffin!
- This is the Arctic char. - Okay.
- So, it's really, really nice. - Where did you get the stone from?
It's actually the Icelandic lava stone,
not like it's pressed out of the lava, if you go there today.
But, like, after thousands of years.
- They build fireplaces out of this. - Okay.
I asked them to do a thick slab like this for me
and I've been cooking on it for three years now.
And it has little holes in it
and you can see how the smoke comes through the stone.
So, when I burn the Birchwood underneath,
it all absorbs the smokiness and the flavour,
so it's a really unique style of cooking.
- See how beautiful that skin is? - Looks good.
So, when was this caught?
- Just now. Yeah. - Just now?
- River to table. - River to table, you've got that right!
All put together with a little bit of love and that's the magic.
The special ingredient?
I cooled your beer.
- There you go. - Has it kept cool?
I'm going to plate your food and you're good to go.
- Thank you. Cheers! - That's great.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
So, you guys, grab a seat.
Alright, crispy Arctic char.
- Delicious. Thank you. - You are so welcome.
This is awesome. What a setting, as well.
Bonnie, thank you very much for letting us join you in Iceland.
- Yeah, I was... - Cheers!
My trip has just got better and better since you arrived.
There we go. Cheers, guys.
Where have we been together on a trip before?
We must have done one or two publicity trips along the way.
- The first time we met. - The exotic...
King's Cross Station in London.
I could've done with this jumper that day.
It was middle of January, it was freezing.
So cold. I mean, we did travel a bit,
but I feel like so much was shot within the studios.
And I often think I feel like more and more,
upon reflecting on the films,
I realise what was so lucky for the three of us
and for everyone in the Weasley family was that we had this extra thing.
Not only were we part of the family of Hogwarts,
but we had this additional thing to be a part of that felt so special.
Yeah, I think because they were always the family
that people wanted to hang around with.
Do you think, watching back,
you have more of a reflective stance than you did at the time?
Finishing the series made me realise
how incredible and how huge it was to be part
of something that was part of so many other people's lives.
It's hard to grasp how popular it is because we were so close to it.
It'll never be lost on me, the first time
you went in the Great Hall, when it was all lit.
Yeah, the wonder you have walking into these magical spaces.
I remember coming on the first day of...
The only scene I was in, in the first film,
and I didn't know anything that was going on.
It was that mixture of adrenaline, nervousness.
So, obviously, none of us knew at that time
where our character was going.
What did you do when you learned
that Ginny was going to be Harry's other half, essentially?
It was quite strange. It was "Oh, gosh! This is, kind of, scary."
Everyone's reading this right now
and wondering how it's going to be played out.
Do you have people who are funny with you because of that?
There are some people who will be openly jealous of that.
Or just really, you know, as though it was actually me,
that I was in a relationship with him.
You're more than welcome to both say that I made this trip a success.
I would say, as planning goes, terrible.
That is the first puffin I have seen since I've been here.
Always wanted to come here.
It's so known as a place that has so many wonders of the elements,
but it's nice being inspired by other people's ideas and what they're into.
I think just what's been so nice,
the more we've got to know people and meet people
it's just their attitude towards their environment.
Everything has felt so otherworldly and special here.
There are things in Iceland which can only be found on Mars.
Just like what Volli's cooked on today.
We're cooking on something that is over 1,000 years old.
The last bit of activity I had planned was to climb a volcano.
- See the lava. - Yeah.
I still think it'd be cool to say we've climbed a volcano.
We'll see how far we can get and, if worst comes to worst,
we'll have an amazing sunset up there
and I think it'll be a great way to sign off our trip to Iceland.
- So, cheers to Iceland. - Cheers!
Feeling pleasantly relaxed after our delicious meal,
it's time to shake things up with a visit to an active volcano,
spewing molten rock and scorching magma.
Wait, James, you wanted to go there?
Like, there, there? It's literally on fire.
Don't worry, it's practically safe,
if you're wearing a suit made entirely of asbestos,
which then, actually, has its own health issues.
Are we about to bear witness to a real-life volcanic eruption?
No. But we did meet a very nice volcano man,
who agreed to show us to the top.
Gulli has made this trek hundreds of times.
He and Oliver immediately connect on all things rock.
Not the music genre, actual rocks.
Oliver's getting his geography on.
If this were a meal,
he would be stuffing his face full of geology,
rocks, lava, magma, anything.
This is him in his element, right here.
I know the guys have been ribbing me about it,
being really into this type of stuff and,
I've got to be honest, I am so excited.
One, you've got that view over there of, basically,
a lake made from lava,
but then you've also got this amazing view,
where you've literally got so many different volcanoes as well,
a sunset in the far distance, a bit of volcanic rain coming in right now,
just to get into the spirit of things.
I was the first one to come here up, the day after the eruption started.
It was quite amazing to see it.
You see how flat it is?
Underneath there was a deep valley that now is just full of lava
and it's overflowing over here, and also over there.
And the crater is over there.
This was the path that up here and you see the lava over there.
With the path obliterated by cooled lava,
we have to find our own way to the crater.
After the obligatory photo shoot...
The unofficial Bonnie Wright calendar will be dropping this Christmas.
This is the peak of an active volcano.
Smells like burning hair.
One wrong move and we could break through the surface,
plummeting into molten rock that's over 1,000 degrees Celsius.
After you, Ollie.
Don't go on the edges.
We are as close to the crater as you can get
without crossing this lava field.
But if you would go further into it, it's about around 1,000 degrees.
Reaching into the depths.
It's quite cool, actually. A bit warm,
but not like picking a coal out of the barbecue.
Is that something you do often, mate?
So, Bon, what would you say has been your favourite part about here?
That is a tough choice.
- I loved today. - Yeah.
The horses, the volcano, that lovely meal we had by the river.
- It's been beautiful. - The near puffin encounters.
Getting over some fears or apprehensions?
Yeah, I mean, those ice caves...
I think ice caves are good but you look back at that and just think,
"What an amazing couple of days."
Goodbye, volcano. Goodbye, whales.
Goodbye, horses.
Goodbye, Bonnie. Goodbye, Iceland.
Goodbye, James.
Goodbye, Oliver. Goodbye, puffins.
Currently chilling out in the Iceland Air lounge.
It's very cool because I've never seen one of these rocks here before.
That is actually an elf rock. Something you don't see every day.
Puffin!
This is it's a native puffin. Actually, only found here, like I say.
And this is called Betta Reddast.