Iceland volcano as it happened: 17 April BBC News
1755 Mike Gore e-mails from Redditch: "We have just arrived home after a 2,000 euro ($2,700, £1,760) taxi ride from Courchevel in the French Alps. We are five adults and three young children.
"It was a tough decision to outlay the extra cash, which cannot be recovered from insurance, but with deteriorating prospects of a flight home any time soon and the cost of hotels in France, we are just relieved to be home having a nice cuppa.
"The taxi driver, Matt, has still got to get back and explain to his wife, as the fare was originally only to Geneva Airport."
1745 The disruption means many world leaders remain unsure about whether they will be at Sunday's funeral of President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash last week.
US President Barack Obama is among those who have said they cannot now attend, while some European leaders are making the journey overland.
A final decision on whether the Prince of