I keep being drawn back to the images from Mount Etna. It really is like being on a different planet. I say that, but clearly I have never been on a different planet, so I am just guessing. Anyhow, this is at a level of 2000metres above sea level, so there is another 1500 metres to get to the top. This is achieved by a cable car and then 4×4 vehicles. On the day we were there it would have been pointless because it was covered in cloud.