Volcanoes!!! :)

This volcano eruption in Iceland is obviously big news here in the UK. It's strange that all commercial flights are grounded- the skies are silent, and places that are usually on the flight path to airports are also silent. It feels a bit like one of those comedy movies where suddenly everyone in Europe is in the wrong place and are all scrambling trying to get to where they're supposed to be. :) Ferries and private hire cars are raking in the money, and there's talk of the British Navy sailing over to Spain or France to pick people up! If you can manage to get to Spain or France that is- the trains are packed and walking takes a LONG time. :) It's a bit WWII like in concept, tho fortunately it's all due to peaceful reasons.

My friend S from the camera club is a pilot for Easyjet, and she's been grounded all week. We're getting good first hand information from her about what's going on, which is pretty cool. There are problems because the private airspace, which is lower, is still open- so some planes are going way too low and it's dangerous for gliders and small planes because big stuff is coming into their airspace. Not good at all.

We all thought the problem would be over in a day or 2, but we're going on 5 days, and altho G is meant to fly back on Saturday from Heathrow, there's no guarantee that a) the cloud will be gone by then or b) flying won't be a mess and his flight might get bumped. We'll keep you all posted on what's up. Of course if this persists, I won't be able to get back for O Week either, and now I have the problem that if I buy my ticket now I may not be able to use it! pr for all the people who are stranded everywhere.