From: Surreyman on
On 16 Apr, 11:16, Martin <m...(a)address.invalid> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:39:35 +0100, William Black <william.bl...(a)hotmail.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >Mxsmanic wrote:
> >> Hatunen writes:
>
> >>> But the train is still a good idea if the ash stays.
>
> >> Trains are a good idea even after the ash leaves.
>
> >Not if I want to leave the UK mainland...
>
> Channel tunnel?
> --
>
> Martin

Already overbooked, and the ferries.

Surreyman
From: JohnT on

"Hatunen" <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote in message
news:h63fs5lebec306s19ab0rv5gnsqut7rkq6(a)4ax.com...
> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:29:16 -0500, erilar
> <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
>
>>
>>Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future?
>
> Not if you take take the train.
>

I think that she lives somewhere remote (Minnesota or Wisconsin?) and train
services from there to Berlin are not all that frequent.
--
JohnT

From: Tom P on
William Black wrote:
> erilar wrote:
>> Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future?
>>
>
> They're not sure, but they expect that all civil flying over all of
> Northern Europe will be affected for at least the next two days
>
> Currently all planes have been grounded in the UK, Ireland, the
> Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, France is
> about to ground everything.
>
> Details at:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8623534.stm
> .


On the bright side, the German air traffic controllers have announced
that, in view of the disruption caused by the volcano, they have decided
to cancel the strike action that was planned for Monday.

A case of every cloud has a silver lining.


From: Surreyman on
On 16 Apr, 12:24, Martin <m...(a)address.invalid> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:33:09 -0700 (PDT), Surreyman
>
>
>
>
>
> <alandavid.spen...(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> >On 16 Apr, 11:16, Martin <m...(a)address.invalid> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:39:35 +0100, William Black <william.bl...(a)hotmail.co.uk>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >Mxsmanic wrote:
> >> >> Hatunen writes:
>
> >> >>> But the train is still a good idea if the ash stays.
>
> >> >> Trains are a good idea even after the ash leaves.
>
> >> >Not if I want to leave the UK mainland...
>
> >> Channel tunnel?
> >> --
>
> >> Martin
>
> >Already overbooked, and the ferries.
>
> I recall being told this when Dover was closed by a storm. We drove to Ramsgate
> and had no problem on getting on the first ferry that left. The BBC tend to over
> dramatise real life.
> --
>
> Martin- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Well, the ferries themselves have just announced they're over-booked
until Monday.
Believe who you wish.

Surreyman
From: Giovanni Drogo on
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010, JohnT wrote:

> I think that she lives somewhere remote (Minnesota or Wisconsin?) and
> train services from there to Berlin are not all that frequent.

According to wikipedia "There are also two towns named Berlin in
Wisconsin."

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