Weeping Window is part of a UK-wide tour of the iconic poppies sculpture organised by 14-18 NOW. The installation is at Woodhorn Mining Museum from 12th September to 1st November 2015. Weeping Window...
Drawing much inspiration from London's St. Paul's cathedral is St. George's church in Portland, England. Designed with obvious enthusiasm by an apprentice of Sir Christopher Wren, it appeared to jumble together a disparate number of design ideas. This...
Hadrian's Wall Country stretches across the north of England from the west Cumbrian Roman coastal defences at Ravenglass, through Whitehaven, Workington and Maryport to Bowness-on-Solway, along Hadrian's Wall through Carlisle to Hexham in...
Qantas, Australia's flag carrier is planning to offer first-ever non-stop service to the UK with a planned route between London and Perth. At just under 9,000 miles, it would be the world's longest flight. The airline plans to fly the route...
In my walks around my home town of Weymouth, England, I keep discovering tributes to previous residents that link our town with the great discoveries and adventures in the New World so many years ago! Here is another such plaque linking Weymouth with...
Aerial views of Northumberlandia , Northumberland. For a list of Ian Cook's photography and TravelGumbo contributions, please click on this link
In the warmth of a summer's afternoon I laze in sunshine and listen to the buzz of the bees tirelessly searching for pollen. I'll stretch and settle back in my deckchair for a brief 40 winks... z z z z...
Well, actually not really, but this time-lapse video lets you see the whole process from beginning to end at super-speed (faster than a speeding plane.... etc.) as Boeing builds a 787-9 for British Airways. British Airways posted the...
Seen across the estuary by most when they visit the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, the Old Law Beacons stand at the tip of a sandy spit on the south side of the entrance to Holy Island Harbour. Vessels entering the harbour lined up the two...
Stokesley is a market town in rural North Yorkshire with a well established agricultural past and community. The origins of the annual fair stretch back to 1223, when Henry III granted Stokesley, a charter to hold an annual fair. The third week in...
During one of my excursions in search of new material for the esteemed readers of TravelGumbo, I came upon this little tableau of an old bottle and an empty bird's nest on a lichen covered window sill. I'm not sure that it really says "travel" at all...
For the first time since the middle of Queen Victoria's reign, a non-Briton has been tapped as director of the British Museum. He's Hartwig Fischer, director the Dresden's City Art Collections. Ironically, the man he will replace is moving to Berlin...
This is a part of Whitcombe village in Dorset, England and the photo shows its quintessential English charm of pale-stone built houses, thatched roofs, rolling meadows behind, all under blue skies. It all contributes to the ideal...
Aerial view of Howick Hall , Northumberland, England. For a list of Ian Cook's photography and TravelGumbo contributions, please click on this link
It's now (nearly) possible to paddle all the way across England in a canoe. The only obstacles are canal locks that require portage, and rights to a tunnel that are still being negotiated. The project, connecting Liverpool to the Humber...