Listening to the news this morning it seems the Dunkirk spirit has infected lots of stranded tourists and their hosts.All sorts of efforts to get people where they are supposed to be have been going on..including one minibus all the way from Turkey arriving at Calais and another from Scandinavia. All cheerful at being crammed onto an overcrowded ferry.
However it's a very different story for anyone in the US..One family have been told that they may have to wait until the 27th even if flying resumes immediately.Me I think I'd be seeing if there were any ships if that was the best on offer especially as in typical US attitude no one is offering them any assistance with accomodation.
Anyway the government are on the case.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8628878.stm
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The UK's emergency committee Cobra is due to discuss the ash cloud chaos, amid suggestions the Royal Navy could help ferry stranded Britons back home.
Gordon Brown has spoken to the Spanish premier about the feasibility of some Britons being flown into Spain, before a possible journey by sea to the UK.
Travel agents' association Abta says its "rough estimate" is that 150,000 Britons are currently stranded abroad.
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