I’m not very happy at the moment, as I’m not going to be able to get to Ireland this weekend – Ryanair have cancelled most flights across Europe until Monday afternoon next week.
While I’ve been twiddling my thumbs here waiting for news, I’ve been keeping an eye on the #ashtag that’s appeared on Twitter, and it appears that the pesky volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, has now decided to start tweeting – you can check out it’s latest updates by following ‘Eyjafjalla‘ on the site. If there is a tiny silver lining to this, at least it turns out to be quite funny – a tweet from a few hours ago reads “Perhaps I should see a doctor. I have a burning sensation ‘down there’…”. Just for added interest, here’s a link to the live webcam that has a good view of the volcano caldera itself…
View from Thorvaldseyri. Photo by Ólafur Eggertsson