volcano snow

first apologies for the strange ads from google,on the right they are supposed to be relevant . working on it

last year the uk at the end of november the snow and cold arrived and lasted till the new year. thanks some say to volcanoes in kamchatka chucking out ash and aerosols such as sulphurdioxide which swirled round northern latitudes. we re not that far away if yougo via north pole. anyway this year temperatures in november have struggled to dip below 10C during the day. what a contrast i have bulbs coming up in the garden.no doubt the snow will come as ourmild winters seem to have thankfully gone . i think mid dec itwill start to cool down and cold into new year.come on kamchatka wake up

phew

Hi, well that was a right mess. sorry we changed hosts and it was a bit of a mess but we re back now and hoping to add more content soon.

Richard Hammond Programme BBC

Well? What did we think of this programme. Lots of waterfalls i thought, slow splashing waves and quite a few combustion engines. Some interesting bits but is the marianas trench really a "baby"! All in all more of a kids programme than an adult 9.00 slot programme. Dr.Iain Stewart is more suited this topic as he is actually a geologist. Sorry Beeb but a bit of a nil point on this for me. Hammond should stick to cars and engines- not this vehicle.

Geocaching

Geocaching is searching for hidden "treasure boxes" or caches hidden by the geocaching community world wide. Using a GPS enabled device such as a phone or specific gps ( not a traffic one) you search for hidden boxes in the great outdoors. Its good fun.find out more at http://www.geocaching.com/. Its a technological treasure hunt.

Volcano Holidays

If you fancy a real adventure  why not head off to a volcano this year. There s something about walking on earth which is slightly warm and smells unworldly. Check out our volcano travel page for ideas you wont regret it.

Fun and Games

Apologies for the erratic nature of the site recently my laptop got a virus which took a while to fix. Then i had problems with redirecting some old pages to the new ones. fingers crossed its fixed. For all the geeks out there - don;t put spaces in your html files because if you ever need to redirect then htaccess will say -- some very unpleasent things and so will you !!! Hopefully now i can get back to content. Phew.

Christchurch Quakes

Poor old Christchurch. Their faults seem to be on the move. When we learn about earthquakes and hear about them on the news we don t really take into account the human stress that they cause. We just come up with statistics. The people of Christchurch ar living with so much uncertainty. I would nt be surprised to see people move away just for peace of mind. Once a disaster has gone from the news we tend to think its all ok again. Spare a thought then for Christchurch,Haiti and Japan.

Chile,fracking and etna

Fantastic pictures of Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano has erupted in Chile after a large earthquake at the weekend.Ash and debris are erupting from a 5km long fissure on the volcano. 4000 people have been evacuated.The ash has drifted over to Argentina and temporarily closed Beunos Aries Airport,flights in Chile and Uruguay.More lava eruptions could be coming so keep watching.

The Fracking issue rumbles on-literally.After several small earthquakes due to fracking near blackpool drilling has stopped. Fracking is the injection of high pressure fluids into gas bearing shales to release gas reserves.

Forgot to say that my June 1st etna anniversary has just passed. This is where the photo on the blog is on . Read the story here http://www.explorevolcanoes.com/new-volcano-travel-holidays.html

New blog for Explorevolcanoes.com

Hey everyone, sorry if we were offline for a few days. We re back now. having fried my brain with one blog here is anothe so fingers crossed it works, All quiet on the volcano front as far as air travel goes. Case studies coming along. sorry for delay.