That´s good news admiral44 .. except that for me to get to England on Thursday means I have to travel North !! But I read ( and need to check this ) that a cloud of this ash is moving towards the East coast of the USA and Canada ! I know when I´ve flown to Vancouver that we pass by Iceland and Greenland ( truly beautiful to see ) .. but has the wind direction changed ? I´ll check on that ! Actually the European Union transport ministers are holding a video conference today . There are rumours that European nations will deploy naval warships to get people back to the UK ( since we are an island ) . That would be cool . I´ve been on warships ( visiting ) in the UK and Russia and my dad was in the Royal Navy in the 60s so it would be a great adventure if they offered that alternative . I guess they would head out from Barcelona or Bilbao . But maybe the longer rout from Gibraltar .