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Pollo Campero is Guatemala’s favourite fast food chain. On our honeymoon, it was everywhere. Every small town had a branch and every city had several.

We generally avoid fast food, but given our general travel rule of eating as much local cuisine as possible, not trying the fried chicken delights of Pollo Campero seemed silly. It is, after all, popular Guatemalan food.

It was, of course, delicious. Not dissimilar to KFC, but nicer with a warmer chilli bite to the coating. Greasy but good.

And now, unbelievably, surreally, it’s here. In Brighton. In Churchill Square. Very, very strange. And strangely exciting.

A big part of our festive trip to Iceland was the opportunity to get away from the city for a couple of days. Our original plan was to stay out for a night in a mountain hut on the South Coast but by heading south for one day, going back to Reykjavik for the night, then driving north for a second day, we realised we could see a lot more in the same time.

Our guide, Stefan, picked us up before sunrise for the 2 hour drive down to the South Coast. His vehicle was a white modified Land Rover, with huge snow tyres and raised suspension. We bundled into the back, not really knowing what to expect. We’d heard that the massive storm that blighted our first Golden Circle trip had washed bridges and roads away, so we were really unsure as to how far we’d get.
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