The flow of lava from an erupting volcano in Holuhran, Iceland, has continued to spread and threatens to cross a major highland road.
Lava from the volcano in Vatnajökull National Park currently covers an area of about 25 sq miles (40 sq km) and is 200m from the Gæsavatnaleid highland road.
After wading ashore in waist-high water that he said caused his kilt to float, Private Millin reached the beach, then marched up and down, unarmed, playing the tunes Lord Lovat had requested, including "Highland Laddie" and "Road to the Isles".
For example, in the mountainous area of the highlands of EHP, poor road conditions are a frequent hazard along with unpredictability of civil unrest amongst neighbouring tribes.
There are few all-weather roads in the area, although most of the population lives in the highlands without access to roads.
Tourists arriving in mid-June, the beginning of the high season, found many parts of the highlands still closed, the roads impassable, owing to the snowpack.
Coming north from the town of Alamo, where I stayed overnight in a cabin, the Extraterrestrial Highway began as an innocuous flat road through scrubby highlands.
Protests began in highlands provinces, where Indians blockaded roads, bringing commerce to a halt.
Not to mention furry highland cattle wandering into the road and lambing season is in full swing.
Dezfūl is the principal winter market for the Lorestān (Luristan) region's nomadic population; it connects by road with the highland and with Ahvāz.
