I’ve never ever felt myself to be British, I’m English.

Good for you BB – that’s exactly my sentiments too. I’m a Scot, but even I love seeing all those St George’s flags waving at the Proms, etc.
But seeing the Union flag flying in Scotland just makes my blood boil…

I’ll point the guys to this thread the next time I’m in there…Warr’s is my HD dealer 🙂

When I bought my first (centre, below) Electra Glide from Warrs in 1978, old Fred Warr took my bike out into the middle of London, with me riding pillion, to show me how to change gear properly, weight distribution, etc. He then just got off, and sauntered away, saying “I’ll see you back at the shop!”. Luckily I found the shop again completely by accident…

Looks like I’m the meat in an Ian Anderson/Robert Plant v-twin sandwich…

At the moment, the Met office runs its computer models of where the ash cloud should be in the atmosphere, and then advises NATS who make the decisions. Eventually actual sampling of the ash in the atmosphere by aircraft will take place, and some sort of ‘safe limit’ will be devised and introduced, enabling flights to be made with less danger.
At the moment though, and for the short-term, high pressure out in the Atlantic means that the winds at most flight levels are northwesterlies, bringing the ash in our direction.
The last time Eyjafjallajökull erupted, it lasted from 1821 to 1823 (!), and interestingly all three known eruptions have triggered a bigger volcano nearby (Katla) to erupt too.
Katla is far more dangerous, and geophysicists think it might very well blow soon…

Gosh Al, we do seem to have got your dander up!;) Take it easy…..as I said in a reply to another post I number many Scots amongst friends, after decades of visiting Scotland. None of these friends share your nationalist sentiments. I love my visits there, but I abhor nationalism of any sort and your reaction to my and others comments exemplifies my point. Much as you might wish it Scotland is not a nation or a separate country, but an integral part of the United Kingdom.

Oh I like a good argument, and am quite happy to stand my ground! Don’t get me wrong though – I love England, and all it stands for, but I’m not English, and to me it’s entirely natural that an English-based government couldn’t care less about that bothersome country north of the border. I’m also sure that if Scotland was an independent nation again, England would be our closest friend and ally.

The way I look at it, it says British on my passport….

It says ‘British’ on mine too, but I hope I live long enough to see ‘Scottish’ on instead…;)