A year after the last volcanic eruption in Iceland, it's greatest volcano, Grimsvotn, is in the news due to its sudden flare-up. This eruption is larger than the Eyjafjallajokull blast but thought to be likely to be less disruptive for two reasons; 1. Winds are blowing the ashes away to the north of Iceland and 2. The ash is heavier and therefore likely to settle out more rapidly.
However, since I am anticipating meeting a visitor from Germany at Luton airport on Tuesday, there is the distinct possibility that the predictions turn out to be inaccurate and a fluke in the weather does bring ash our way!
Another storm brewing on the continent is the mass peaceful demonstrations in Spain against unemployment. With over 21% unemployment overall and more than 40% of young people unemployed in Spain, the peaceful nature of the demonstrations is admirable.
A search on the Eurostat website found the table on unemployment rates, month by month, for EU countries revealed that after Spain, Ireland had the next highest unemployment rate at 14.7%. On average, unemployment in the expanded European Union was 9.5% in April. See http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&language=en&pcode=teilm020&tableSelection=1&plugin=1
Storm winds in the UK are affecting Scotland and northern England with the threat of damage and even here in the East, it was a very blustery day.
The evening was spent with varying success painting the different flowers photographed at Anglesey Abbey last week.
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