A MORECAMBE businessman made a gruelling two-and-a-half day, 1,500 mile trek by land and sea to get back home after being stranded in Spain due to the volcanic ash crisis.
The travel chaos which has left thousands trapped abroad forced Bob Tyers, managing director of Plastech Windows on White Lund, to put an amazing 'Plan B' into action when two flights home were cancelled.
Bob, who was in Mojacar in southern Spain on a business trip, had to:
*Pay 115 Euros a day to hire a van for three days
*Drive the nine-hour journey of 600 miles from Mojacar to Santander in Spain
*Grab the second to last place on a ferry boat at short notice for the 525 mile trip from Santander to Southampton
*Get
a member of staff to pick up his car at Manchester Airport and drive it back to Morecambe
*Get
another member of staff to drive all the way to Southampton and drive him back home!
Bob eventually got back at 11.30pm on Monday night, after setting off from Mojacar at 4.30pm on Saturday.
Of course, you've all ignored the REAL hero of this story.
(Same member of staff, though, I understand - unless the plan changed, he was going to Mcr and then driving down to Southampton.)
Nice one, Les!
Is the glass half full or half empty? Mmmm? hard to say - but it does look like there's room for more beer!