 Poster: A snowHead
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Just praying that husband can get on BA flight to Johannesburg tonight, dont know how criteria works for places.
At least looking as if end is in sight.
Dwarf Vader, enjoy the skiing, you really stressed hard for it!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Dwarf Vader, Have fun 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Dwarf Vader, magic!
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Dwarf Vader, well done! Enjoy your skiing
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Well done Dwarf Vader. We all enjoy a story with a happy ending.
Apart from the delays getting all the planes and crew back in the right place and, I hope, extra engine checks there is still a little cloud on the horizon (haha).
The VAAC has started issuing two lots of maps now - the original ones plus these with a 10 x traditional threshold marked on them:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2010/volcano/ashconcentration/index.html
They're a bit more difficult to follow because of the extra information. There are three maps - one for each altitude band - for each of the four time predictions. The areas marked in black have the higher ash concentration and, I imagine, are the new no-fly zones.
Note how they can extend as far as the UK - well at least the Orkneys and Shetlands. Dependant on the wind, it is still possible for the ash to disrupt traffic from individual UK airports. Fortunately, the wind is predicted to be more westerly in the next few days so this may well not happen.
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Dwarf Vader, 
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We had a great day, snow is usual for time of year, with a cool wind which is helping to keep conditions. totally bolloxed but well worth it. 
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Dwarf Vader, glad you got there in the end, nothing better than a happy ending, have a great time 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Husband is on flight tonight, great news and smiles all around.
Hopefully we can keep all the volcanoes in Africa in check, if only we did not NEED to go skiing in Europe, future would be sure
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Dwarf Vader, Yayyyyyyy - glad you made it at last!!!
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You know it makes sense.
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Dwarf Vader, yeeha!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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lizski, Funnily enough on the same thread in the Apres Zone there's someone with their husband stuck in Johannesburg
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Shimmy Alcott, sorry for really stupid question - but what is this apres zone?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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lizski, This bit of the forum is called "The Piste" and should really contain stuff relating to Snowsports - the "Apres Zone" section is where all of the other REALLY IMPORTANT stuff id discussed  Find it in the Snowheads Forum Index.
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Shimmy Alcott, found it just after I posted- yes I am blond 
if this carried on any longer we could have considered a husband swop!
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barry, so there are wrong parts of the forum then? 
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Dwarf Vader, nice one, see you on Sat, all being well...
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Iceland has just closed it's airspace due to a volcanic eruption, Grimsvotn this time.
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off on our hols on Thursday - might take a bottle of handwash stuff with me in case we stay longer than expected
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Shimmy Alcott, Unless you're off to Keflavic you should be OK.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Shimmy Alcott, hope you are OK getting away - they're saying it is due to reach the UK by Tuesday http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13498477
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A volcanic ash cloud from Iceland is expected to reach parts of the UK by the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Met Office has said.
It does not mean there will definitely be airspace closures but makes flight disruption more likely, it said. |
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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f**k, I dont like flying as it is  this has made me a bit nervous
Time for positive mental attitude!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Shimmy Alcott, fear not. The airlines won't fly unless it's safe. Quite apart from the hassle of the paperwork if something happens to you, the airlines don't want to risk their awfully expensive aircraft. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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kevindonkleywood, forgot about that. When I was looking to book we could either go package or DIY and save our selves about £350. ph and I had a brief chat about the trade off and decided to take the risk and go DIY as we'd "never had any problems before" and "that ash cloud seem all over and done with" OOPS!
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Hmm, flying to Helsinki/Tallinn in a couple of weeks...
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Shimmy Alcott, my travel insurance now has a separate element of cover for disruption to things like volcanic ash clouds. Which of course cost more so I didn't bother with it. Is your policy similar and are you covered, just in case? Fingers crossed for you anyway. Although with the strength of the wind at present I'm sure it would all get blown away pretty quick 
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cathy, we have travel insurance through Royalties Gold (free with our bank account) will need to check if they offer such protection.
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The new volcanic eruption is producing more lightning than ever seen before in an Icelandic volcanic eruption, according to this. 2198 lightning strikes in 1 hour! 
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I hope it doesnt happen, I'm off to Gran Canaria on 8 June.
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I'm supposed to fly in from Keflavik on Thursday. Flights have been going all day today though. Also got a weird/nice light shower of ash falling on the way home from work today.
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