Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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There was something on the front page but appears to have got lost with other postings .
My younger Son went to Norway on Wednesday early morning having completed his work he then found airports closed ,so ;like many many people he has been trying to get back to the Uk.
So yesterday he travelled down to Oslo caught a boat to Denmark which took ten hours .He is now trying to get a train to Hamburgh where my elder son will pick him up .Elder son left 6.00am this morning via channel tunnel then driving up into Germany.
The younger son should have been in the states by now working but that of course has been cancelled .
I do hope it was a rumour that ferry tickets shot up in price .
Why were people walking to and fro the port were they unable to get on the port buses??
If not some private hire company could have done shuttle service ..
Sue, I think it was another opportunity missed by some. I despair of the lack of entrepreneurial talent!!!! Or even organisation! And, while I am ranting a bit, why more people can't do as your sons have done and use their initiative instead of bleating.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Younest Son has arrived in Denmark ,long queues at station so now boarding a ferry to Germany .
Eldest son in Belguim
As for me off to get my posh frock altered for a wedding then lunch in Elham .
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Well both sons arrived home at 10.30pm .Now gone to work however younger one has to collect his car from Stansted .
When you are in the private sector you have to work .No staying in bed to recover after all that driving .
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Ah yes a bit of true British grit in operation there Sue and indeed by many in their weird and wonderful attempts to get home to dear ol Blighty.
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Hear! Hear! Yes well done indeed to your two sons Sue, what a splendid effort resulting in success
Took this picture off the NASA website today. It was taken 2 days ago and graphically shows the Icelandic volcano in all it's fury. I dread to think what will happen when it's bigger playmate does what is has always done so far, erupted in sympathy!! Scientists reckon that is almost certain to happen in the next few days. Anyway, enjoy the photo:
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Sid
Brilliant photo.Thanks for posting it.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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Has anyone heard a definitive answer as to when this cloud will have left UK airspace? I'm hearing a variety of conflicting stories varying from the end of the week to months........
True friends stab you in the front.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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Andy, ha! Getting worried now! Well, the cloud won't leave U.K. airspace as long as the vulcano is erruptingt, and how long that will be....who knows?
Two things are needed Andy, a change of wind direction and rain. With a rather large "High" over Europe at the moment, and no wind to shift it, it could be days or weeks before the dust moves.
And don't forget, as the above photo shows, the volcano is still spewing out its contents into the atmosphere. The volcanic dust is stuck at 35000ft which is of course, the height jet propelled aircraft optimally fly at. They cannot fly lower as that would require them to burn more fuel, and that would make transatlantic or long flights next to impossible.
If regional or domestic flights went ahead the skies would quickly become clogged with aircraft and the risk of collision would be unacceptably high, plus the higher levels of pollution would probably cause an outcry.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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Ahh, Sid! Hold on! If the wind shifts to the north, which I hope it doesn't so soon, the ash and increased heat in the air could cause ice-bergs to melt quickly and the Antarctic is all one ice-berg! We wouldn't want a flood from the sea coming along now, would we!
I sometimes wonder Alexander.
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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Worried, Alexander? No...... fortunately, we have no flights planned until 2012!
Confused would be a better description. And, as your post and Sid's show, the one thing that is certain about all of this is......uncertainty.
True friends stab you in the front.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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Oh, but I meant the Arctic, not Antarctic. That is all one ice-berg. And if that starts melting, then...
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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dont panic,you would only get your feet wet.
Sid:
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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I sometimes wonder, Diana, but this morning you explained a lot. I understand better now. Fairies, father christmas, purple pigs with blue dots and orange stripes...
