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- ,Clitfler6e couple'stranded r'abfoa'd-following the.Ice-r


,-'-, 'landicwolc'anic e ru p t io n 'have^spokenoftheir, relief,


V ■ at filially getting home. fi» Richard and Gayle Edmond- son'.were.among'thousands


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'of British holidaymakers who ended up stranded abroad; !^ , ^.


•--:'Following theifwedding on Apfil,-2ndi':the-Edmoridsons


° -’ ' 'i jetted off on what should haye,: been a memorable honeymoon


in the Maldives.’They were due to fly back tp*lVlahchester via


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■ , Dubai on Friday^^isril 16th. ,:.'i; '■'-, Richard, who is a PE teacher. at eiitheroe Royal Grammar,


. beauty therapist and a salon owner in Barnoldswick; said thatJafter;;arrivmg ,in Dubai they .were riot given any advice,' ' by their tour company,,and in-


School, and Gayle, who is-a : The newlyweds theri spent


■ told their only way back would: be; travelling through Europe.;


stead decided they would have ' to'make their own way home:' ,


- hotels and help to'get:hpine.> Our : tour'operator, Gosmos;';


^.-They'riiariaged^^t^^^^ "to Roirie arid befriended a 55-s


. . “On arriving in Dubai we . did not receive any,help ,from , Emirates airlines re'garding .-


: -accommodatibnifor/a^price^^^ ^.'and ypucould not payforiho'^j! j tel rooms 'with credit or, deb it,|


f :modationi” said Richard. ^ 7,“All they, didjyas'sort ,out5


-----------„ ‘cards, just cash!”^:


:-.seritative:desk,vwh9 vvould sorts ■'out all flights horiie arid accMni-j


■ two daj^' in Dubai tryirig to soirtg out flights hdirie after being :::


. advised us to go to their'fepre-:v i;;,was a very buq' and chaotic a Jhfflaril .jM^^ ^-^Iwhere people were tijnng to go \,-Jwe.(asked^^^ t f


,,..;\’drive 400 rriilesstdiMilan'in: as*'??. Once Richard and Gayle ar- jSmaii car.-i;-A\'virXV',>,'’,.:.


Mfburid to go north was by hiring ;A ^ydriver’600 e^^^^ |*a car; so we,decided we would « France.” '


7 'fri rtlier north by-ariyivvay they .;.7,they;cbulfl could,”e^lairie^^ Wchiard.’ - f> ’^/JGrenqblp tdri the end theprily way we>;>f tiiey


i:?''?rived in Ffance;’they boarded a


S’ But after arriving in Rome,j is from Milan, on sApril25tn, ' their efforts to find flights or'’7b'uttthis^wbul^ trains proved fruitless; “Rome : staying nearly a full-week in ^


•: year-old Lebanese man who; : ; became their travelling , coni- 7 . •(panion., ■


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■■:^ “Once in Milan we had,to get a train to France, but even


'.“The next riiornirig w‘e got. i '


- that was a struggle because of the huge queues and the de-


. mand for rail tickets. We were . tired arid irate. ' •


up early to try all car hire plac­ es and the train. We eventually managed to buy a ticket to Par-,


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HONEYMOON COUPLE: Richard and Gayle Edmondson on their wedding day. (s)


. fast train to Paris, but it broke down resulting in a six-hour,- ■


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journey to the ftench capital, -s “■'^eri riiy piarents knew we


if s would be aridving in Paris, they ,


- “The biggest relief of the trip home was meeting up with ■ •


' decided they would drive out and irieetus to make sure we could get across the Chaririel. ■


, them and knowing we could fi- ; , nally get home.”


, \ '• • -The Edmondsons finally


s arrived hack in Clitheroe on Friday night'- a week late and after a 2,806 overland journey.


• ; “We clearly had a memora­ ble honeymoon, one that al-; lowed people from different countries and cultures to work together to overcome a global - problem; Travellers helped


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