HI.... Bruce...why would ya fly to kirkwall from Stronsay? Just wonderin' here in the Canadian midnorth. Stephen On Apr 18, 2010, at 9:00 AM, Bruce Fletcher ((Stronsay, Orkney)) wrote: > On 18/04/2010 13:50, Ginger Cutt wrote: >> Has the islander plane been cancelled as well? > > All flights from Kirkwall have been cancelled since Thursday. > According > to HIAL <http://www.hial.co.uk> cancellations will last until at > least 1 > am on Mon 19 Apr. I hope it's all sorted out by 29 Apr as we're > due to > fly to Kirkwall for a hospital appointment. > -- > Bruce Fletcher > Stronsay, Orkney > <http://claremont.islandblogging.co.uk> > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

On 18/04/2010 15:53, stephen davie wrote: > HI.... > > Bruce...why would ya fly to kirkwall from Stronsay? > Just wonderin' here in the Canadian midnorth. > Stephen We fly to Kirkwall from Stronsay (and then take a taxi to Balfour hospital) because Maureen cannot travel on the ferry for medical reasons; time is another factor - the flight takes 10 minutes whereas the ferry takes over 90 minutes. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney <http://claremont.islandblogging.co.uk>

Bruce.... Thanks for the note. I hope all is well with Maureen. The flight sounds like not much more than a takeoff and a landing. Keep Well....Stephen On Apr 18, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Bruce Fletcher ((Stronsay, Orkney)) wrote: > On 18/04/2010 15:53, stephen davie wrote: >> HI.... >> >> Bruce...why would ya fly to kirkwall from Stronsay? >> Just wonderin' here in the Canadian midnorth. >> Stephen > > We fly to Kirkwall from Stronsay (and then take a taxi to Balfour > hospital) because Maureen cannot travel on the ferry for medical > reasons; time is another factor - the flight takes 10 minutes whereas > the ferry takes over 90 minutes. > -- > Bruce Fletcher > Stronsay, Orkney > <http://claremont.islandblogging.co.uk> > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi all, At the moment I'm staying in Iceland. The erruption doesn't cause a lot of trouble, except the closest area to the volcano. Yesterday the ashfall was so massive within that area, that at 15:00 it looked like at moonless night, a bit apocaliptic, see the TV report: http://dagskra.ruv.is/sjonvarpid/4497965/2010/04/17/0/ <http://dagskra.ruv.is/sjonvarpid/4497965/2010/04/17/0/>Other parts of Iceland practically don't suffer at all, becase the wind brings all the ash away down to Europe. Almost all internal flights are operated. I've heard that ash was seen in Faroe Islands, don't know about Shetland. Hope the erruption will be over soon. All the best, Andrei