Having been the first person which David Smith our honorary secretary has had to phone in hospital to ask if I would accept the committee recommendation to be put forward as Junior Vice President,  I thought for the past few days that I wasn't going to make it back to Dumfries in time for the AGM next Thursday.  "New president accepts chain of office via mobile phone".   

Volcanic Ash closes all UK airports and cancels all flight through northern European airspace day after day.

I'm due to fly on Friday then suddenly airports start opening  but there are still problems and delays expected, aircraft and crew are in all the wrong places.  Anyway here I am in Palma de Mallorca airport and it isn't nearly as busy as I expected it to be given the problems over the past 6 days.

The departure boards indicate that the flight is expected to depart on time. 3 hrs and I'll be back in Glasgow and in time for the Howff AGM.