British tourists could lose thousands from aborted Gironde holiday

Sarah, from Hertfordshire, and her sister-in-law Georgia, from Kent have been speaking to BBC News about their planned family holidays in and near Bordeaux. Sarah and her family arrived in Bordeaux on Friday but soon realised they would be unable to remain there for the week because the smoke was so thick. “We had gone down to the river in Bordeaux, and by the time we got back the smoke was so thick. “We sealed all the apartment up, but it still had a really strong smell of smoke everywhere. It