24/04/2013 00:00
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By Humphrey Carter THE British business community in Calvia continued helping the stranded at Palma airport yesterday and last night, Adam and Steph Goodfellow were making their second run of the day to Son San Joan laden with food and drink provided by bars, stores and restaurants in Magalluf, Santa Ponsa, San Agustin and Bendinat.

They spent all weekend shuttling food and drink to the airport and will continue until the crisis is over and the back log of passengers is cleared.
But, it was not just food, drink and essential items which were in need yesterday, so too were medicines and Dr. Stoma was providing prescriptions for those in desperate need of their medication while volunteers from the Mediteranea charity were on hand to help at the terminal.

The toys continued to be welcomed by the young children while two women from Glasgow have been kindly provided with a free villa for a week.

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Elaine and Margaret, who suffers from MS and needs a wheelchair, from Glasgow, have been stuck on the island with no accommodation but a kind hearted member of the British community has made an empty villa available for a week or until the two women can get a flight home.

Alarm bells began ringing on Sunday when Palma and another 11 Spanish airports were closed for parts of the afternoon as the cloud of volcanic ash moved into Spanish airspace.

However, traffic reopened at Palma after three-and-a-half hours although, the airport authorities were continuing to monitor the ash cloud as it continued to be pushed south by the prevailing winds.

Bill Webb of Webbs Removals said that his company has been bombarded by people desperate to get home since last week and over the weekend had to put a strap on their website advising people that they do not take passengers! “Some people were asking me to name my price they were so desperate to get home, but we don't carry passengers,” he said. “However, we are taking a lot of people's luggage back. What they're doing is keeping some hand luggage and heading off on the ferries or what ever transport they can find while we'll take their luggage home,” he explained.