[Hulka]

Yes, know about that, but the trains are fully booked for over a week and no hire cars to be had to get there. . .unless you wish to hire a limo for the trip.
Wire a couple thousand in Euros and I'll be glad to do it.
;-)
I've looked at everything, from airlines (flights from other countries), cruise ships and freighter/container ships, train and cars, but with hundreds of thousands trapped in the UK, it is one huge traffic jam.

[SatinDoll]

That is truly awful.

I hate to be the bearer of even worse news but it just might get worse. If you have read the following then you already know what may be to come:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1266403/Iceland-volcano-space-The-dramatic-ash-plume-engulfing-Britain-seen-above.html#ixzz0lOxUZ5zi

“Eyjafjallajökull is a stratovolcano composed of alternating layers of ash, lava, and rocks ejected by earlier eruptions. This volcano rises to a height of 5,466ft above sea level. It began erupting for the first time in 190 years on March 20, 2010.”

“The eruption opened a 2,000ft fissure, and also produced lava fountains that built several hills of bubble-filled lava rocks, called scoria, along the vent.”

“Experts fear that the current eruption could trigger a much larger explosion of nearby Mount Katla.”

[The oft mentioned sister volcano. Bigger volcano, smaller name.]

“Katla is described as ‘enormously powerful’, and because it lies under a glacier its eruption would cause a huge glacial outburst flood and could spread its shadow over a much larger area.”

Gives new meaning to the expression, “...when shit hits the fan!”