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Monday, 23 May 2011

There really is a certain feling of deja vu about this Icelandic volcano. Looking on the internet for a while it was clear some were predicting this eruption back in November! I've seen the lava flow from the biggest eruption and the same volcano is credited with causing the deaths of up to 20% of the population of Iceland through starvation and destruction of farmland. It must be hell with all that dust. I visited last year when the 'other' volcano - which I can actually pronounce but can't spell- went up, well just after it actually. Everything was cloaked in black dust. Its an amazingly bleak and beautiful country, spectacular but those who live there have my greatest respect. Farmers who can produce food and tend to their animals in such conditions are a rare breed for sure and must be working like slaves right now, having just come through winter. Spare a thought for them, just as they thought it was safe to let everything outside again. How can this happen to them again so soon? To all those who moan that they can't have their holidays just remember there are always those who are worse off....

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