Pop goes the volcano....

Some of you may be wondering why the blog has been so scant recently and why Charlotte has not returned in her delightful way to inform you all of her wonderful holiday and how pleased she is to be back with Dad. The long and the short is....that blo*dy volcano!
Mother, who I am very sure will tell you all of her perilous journey in detail when she returns, is currently trapped in Dubai with Louise. There are worse places to be trapped some may say, like glasgow, but there it is that she is trapped. She has been there since Friday. Luckily she was not left like the match stick girl on the street. After the Hyatt Regency doubling the price of their room right before their eyes, I went to Panic stations with the rest of my family finding people to rescue her.
Our guardian angel came in the form of Monica's nephew Simon. How we can ever repay them I am not sure. They whisked straight into action and located mum and Louise and took them into their home to await the end of this nightmare.

Mums current plan!- if the airports do no re-open for international flight over Scottish Airspace...if not....then she will get on a flight to Athens on Wednesday, then take a bus to the ferry port. She will then take a ferry to Venice which take a day and a half, followed by trying to make her way by train or bus to paris via Milan to get the eurostar home. Fingers crossed for the airspace opening. Mum just wants to get home to us. And by us, I mean mostly Dad.

I would just like to say how amazing all the Border Reiver players are. They have started off this season with a 4 hour course in First Aid provided by the St Andrews Ambulance Service.

Amanda Swanson email-"I wanted to let you know that we started our polo at the weekend and we started it at Border Reivers with a 4 hour St Andrews Ambulance course as those of us who had been with your Dad had been in awe of Geoff and Thom for doing what they did and realized none of us was able to do that, hopefully it will never come to that but at least we now have an idea of what we are doing."

I also live in hope that nobody else has to use their first aid skills but am so grateful to the club for providing their players with the knowledge that could one day save a life, like it did for my Dad. We owe his life to the first aid knowledge, skills and bravery of others.

I will keep you all updated on Mum's progress home, and hopefully the blog will return to its normal daily dose when Charlotte is safely in the UK.