What is the air like now where you are with the volcanic ash problem

[GrannieAnnie]

Since I'm over the Pond I was wondering how the air is around you if it is as bad looking as the photo in the paper today of the plume.

[GrannieAnnie]

[:(]

I could smell it yesterday and woke up a little wheezy (asthma) this morning. Second day with all airports closed in UK and now across Europe as far as Romania. mother Nature can still bite us in the bum when were not looking.

[Ninnyscrops.]

Nothing tangible so far in my part of West Sussex GrannieAnnie.

Ninny

[Alimo]

Not really any evidence of it here in far south west.

If the wind stays in the same direction then we'll be getting more spectacular sunsets - but nothing yet.

Alison

[cambourne7]

Nothing in east Anglia and mega quiet with no planes

[goodlife]

No difference for the daily life..cannot see, cannot smell..but I can hear..neighbours didn't get to their holidays... ::)

[Bugloss2009]

I liked it when a reporter said - when can we expect thing to return to normal? and the expert said (nearly) IT'S A BL**DY VOLCANO!?

[Poppy Mole]

I really miss the planes going over, I love to sit & speculate on the stories of  the people on board. it is so quiet.

[Paulines7]

No sign of any ash around the Salisbury area. 

We still have army helicopters flying around but then they are low level and do not have jet engines.

[OllieC]

Report from Surrey - our air is very air-like this morning!

[GrannieAnnie]

I really miss the planes going over, I love to sit & speculate on the stories of  the people on board. it is so quiet.

When we had no planes going over after 9-11 the intense quiet made me speculate what lovely silence folks lived in prior to cars, trains, planes etc. Just the gurgle of water and buzzing of the bees...must have been serene. But they probably didn't think of it that way, just were itching to get out of the pasture and see the world maybe.

It was interesting to read you don't have an ash problem and hope that means you won't have a blocking of sun for this Spring growing time.

[Digeroo]

I have had a couple of times when I thought that something smelled very slightly different.    But out this morning early and it was a super lovely crisp frosty morning.  Hopefully the frost overnight took the moisture out of the lower air and any dust with it.  

The sky is now blue blue blue.  It is a glorious morning.  But the birds did not sing in the dawn this morning here.

But history gives various causes for concern.

[Digeroo]

Birds now singing their little hearts out.  Very cold this morning so they must have had a lie in.

No transatlantic flights piling into Heathrow.

[Mortality]

Went out to water the garden and I thought the air smelt odd and it's cooler today even with the hazy sun out.

[:(]

Film of dust on the car, no point in washing it off until the whole thing has blown through.

[cocopops]

I liked it when a reporter said - when can we expect thing to return to normal? and the expert said (nearly) IT'S A BL**DY VOLCANO!?

Brilliant  ;D

[Flighty]

There's a noticable film of dust on the cars,  no overflying aircraft in or out of nearby Heathrow and no contrails in the clear blue sky!  :)

[Tin Shed]

Clear blue skies and dust on the cars. The Thames was very foggy this morning  - the fogs horns were sounding from about 4 am this morning - I am a bit tired ;)

[theothermarg]

cars were very dusty here as well and I only cleaned mine yesterday! (MOT time) it passed
marg

[GrannieAnnie]

The Thames was very foggy this morning  - the fogs horns were sounding from about 4 am this morning - I am a bit tired ;)

Ohhh, fog horns on the Thames. Sounds very romantic. We never get to hear those.