h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8621407.stm

and all at once.

I've only one word to say to that:

Eyjafjallajoekull

that's easy for you to say!

Not in my Hampshire accent it isn't!

Oh my gawd - volcanic ash isn't something you normally expect your flight to be cancelled by. My best friend and her husband were travelling today from one of the northern airports, back to Lanzarote. They have had the most prolonged run of bad luck since before Christmas, so this is just another 'thing' in their rich pageant of life.

At least I think no-one has been injured or killed in Iceland itself?

I'm glad we chose to fly over from Belfast yesterday, or jem would have missed her audition this afternoon! We have a great hotel at the end of brick lane and I can see the gherkin out my window

might be stuck here for a while though...

*Fingers crossed for Jem*

Seems there were no casualties, though.

When I was in Iceland we watched a volcano erupt. It was Krafla, must have been 1979.

Map here

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/en/iceland.html

Means we'll get some spectacular sunsets, which should be pretty

Main concern is that Eyjafjallajökul will not harm anyone, of course (and so far it hasn't, I'm told)

Having said that I hope the skies clear up before sunday 8.35 am GMT+1...

But for the moment it looks very optimistic indeed and I'll hang on to that thought

It should disperse between then and now - let's hope so!

Showing my ignorance here... what's happenning on Sunday Morning?

It's pronounced "ay-yaf-yattle-yukktle" by the way.

Hmmm, maybe I won't - that sounds pretty rude in Hampshire dialect.

>>>>Showing my ignorance here... what's happenning on Sunday Morning?<<<Hoggy


Pierce has a flight booked somewhere for his holiday.

Correct. And guess what: I'll fly somewhere to study volcanos

Mother nature helping save the planet by grounding flights for 24hrs.


I hope everything works out for all you travellers.

I know my former navigator has been grounded for hours

But it looks like the skies are clear again - for now...

I just checked departures from Copenhagen Airport. Only one flight is cancelled this morning - apparently for different reasons

And the radio just said the cloud of smoke is only 6 kilometres high now, half of what it used to be

oops, i must have misread. all planes are still grounded in copenhagen

This is interesting reading, for anyone who is wondering why the planes aren't flying:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8622099.stm