Skip to main content

Tagged With "British Colonial"

Comment

Re: Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park, British Columbia

Lestertheinvestor ·
I certainly remember these falls and this area with fond memories.
Comment

Re: Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park, British Columbia

DrFumblefinger ·
LestertheInvestor -- If you look closely at the photo of the four shadows in the river, you may recognize one of them as yours!
Comment

Re: Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park, British Columbia

GarryRF ·
Really good quality photos DrF. I love looking at frozen landscapes - on a screen ! Your words about reflection jogged my memory. Ever been walking through a store and see someone you think you recognise in the distance ? And as you get closer you realise its a mirror you're walking towards ! My wife says I need glasses - but its OK - I stop before I get into a conversation !
Blog Post

VisitBritain, British Air point out "undiscovered places"

Paul Heymont ·
The UK has been having a tourist boom, with record inbound traffic over the last 6 months and is looking to keep it going. The official tourist promotion agency and the "flag" airline have teamed up on a series of ads touting less-known attractions to...
Blog Post

Gumbo's Pic of the Day, December 10, 2014: Black Arctic Ground Squirrel

My Thatched Hut ·
Ground Squirrels are fairly common in western North America.  Many people call them gophers but this is not correct.  A gopher is an animal that lives underground and stays there.  Most people have never seen one.   Ground...
Blog Post

Hope for Europe's small "flagship" airlines

Paul Heymont ·
In the face of competition from Gulf-based carriers and European budget carriers, it's been hard times for the familiar "national" airlines of Europe. Some, such as Sabena and Swissair have gone under, re-emerging in other forms; some, such as...
Blog Post

Aer Lingus may become part of British Air/Iberia group

Paul Heymont ·
International Air Group, the parent of British Air and Iberia, has made an offer to buy Aer Lingus, now owned 30% by RyanAir and 25% by the Irish government, and unlike two previous offers, the board of the Irish flag carrier has agreed to consider...
Blog Post

British Air Avios: The rich will get richer and...

Paul Heymont ·
British Airways announced major changes in its Avios loyalty currency, which it shares with Iberia. While it comes dressed up in more guaranteed award seats, and lower off-season redemption prices, the big impact is that passengers in the cheapest...
Blog Post

Britain's Flying Tax Gets a Shave

Paul Heymont ·
The much-hated British Air Passenger Duty (APD) which for the past several years has made flying in and out of the UK more expensive than many other routes, is getting some adjustments and reductions.   British tourism and travel companies, as...
Blog Post

Ryanair's exchange rate: Ireland's revenge on Brits?

Paul Heymont ·
Ryanair, the Dublin-based discount airline that seems to divide the world into fans and haters, has attracted the attention of a columnist at the Telegraph (UK) for apparently charging British passengers more than those paying in Euros and other...
Blog Post

British Air adds year-round Iceland flights

Paul Heymont ·
British Airways will be flying Heathrow-Rekyjavik three times a week, starting October 25, becoming the first mainline trans-Atlantic carrier to offer year-round service. BA and others have operated summer services, but the winter has been largely...
Blog Post

Ait? Meol? Landscape's hidden language in new book

Paul Heymont ·
  An ait (above) is a river island, splitting the main stream—and most often seen filling out three spaces in a crossword puzzle.   If you've either puzzled endlessly over that an other odd landscape and geology terms, or if you're in...
Blog Post

British Air looks to unusual seating plans

Paul Heymont ·
If British Airways' recent design patents are any indication, there's a lot of change ahead for travelers. Skift, the travel industry news site, reports that BA has submitted a number of patents recently.   Among them, pairs of seats (one facing...
Blog Post

Skedans, Haida Gwaii, British Colombia (Where Gumbo was #106)

DrFumblefinger ·
    Gumbo was visiting the "misty isles", Haida Gwaii, in British Columbia.  Specifically, the remnants of the Haida village of Skedans.  Sadly, not much remains of the village, captured at its prime in the above image (1878), rich...
Blog Post

Bobbies on the Beat in Spain's Ibiza

Paul Heymont ·
Spanish authorities on the Balearic Islands vacation spot of Ibiza have arranged for a dozen British police to work with Spanish Civil Guards this summer when British tourism is at its height. The idea is that the British cops, who will have free...
Blog Post

Is merger the way to profit for European airlines?

Paul Heymont ·
A number of industry consultants and some airline executives believe that Europe's airlines, including numbers of its "flag" national carriers, need to consolidate to grow (or reach) profits.   They point to the experience in the U.S., where...
Blog Post

Air pollution: In the air, and inside planes

Paul Heymont ·
How much do these engines affect the air inside and outside the plane?        Photo: Julian Herzog / Wikimedia   Air pollution issues are in the news for air travel lately. A British union of airline workers is preparing a...
Blog Post

Aer Lingus/British Air tie moves closer

Paul Heymont ·
The bride and the groom have agreed...but a number of members of the wedding party still need to be satisfied. That's the story as Aer Lingus and IAG, parent of British Air, Iberia and Vueling, move closer to merger.   A big hurdle was cleared...
Blog Post

Air France denies mass job cuts, but some seem likely

Paul Heymont ·
Air France denied a Friday report that it was preparing 3300 layoffs to cut costs, but didn't deny that some may happen at the end of ongoing negotiations with unions. The carrier is trying to overcome recent losses and become more competitive with...
Blog Post

Gumbo's Pic of the Day, August 9, 2015: Peter Pine Daze, Yahk, B.C.

DrFumblefinger ·
Situated a few miles north of the USA - Canada border, above the Idaho Panhandle, is the small town of Yahk, British Columbia.  And I mean small -- few hundred residents at most.  At the southern end of Yahk is an unusual building I've...
Blog Post

Ryanair may hook up with BA, Virgin, TAP for long-haul

Paul Heymont ·
On the ground at London Stansted, where Ryanair might feed overseas passengers to BA   Ryanair, the biggest short-haul and budget carrier in Europe has often hinted at starting a trans-Atlantic service, but never taken the step. Now it may be...
Blog Post

Banksy Opens up a Bemusement Park in England

Travel Rob ·
          Ad for Dismaland on their website The anonymous British street artist Banksy has opened an amusement park like no other in Weston-super-Mare, Somserset, England. It's built on the abandoned...
Blog Post

Gumbo's Pic of the Day, August 31, 2015: California Sea Lions, Fanny Bay

DrFumblefinger ·
  Fanny Bay  is a tiny oceanside town situated on pretty Baynes Sound, a sheltered, narrow strait.    It's a popular place for fishermen, scuba divers, kayakers and paddle-boarders to use as a departure point.    There's...
Blog Post

British Air to WIDEN seats

DrFumblefinger ·
  Going against the current Zeitgeist, British Airways has announced plans to widen seats on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.  As we all know, plane seats are getting narrower and the pitch (distance between rows) is also shrinking,...
Blog Post

Las Vegas 777 fire still a mystery; pilot retires

Paul Heymont ·
The dramatic engine fire on a British Airways 777 that was about to take off from Las Vegas Tuesday is likely the last flight of pilot Chris Henkey, who has been lauded for a "textbook example" of how to safely evacuate a plane.   Henkey, who is...
Blog Post

German director for British Museum

Paul Heymont ·
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...
Blog Post

EU Commission gives OK for Aer Lingus takeover

Paul Heymont ·
The European Commission today cleared the last barrier for the sale of Ireland's Aer Lingus to British Airways' holding company, International Airlines Group. The deal already had approval from Aer Lingus's board, the Irish government and Ryanair,...
Blog Post

Gumbo's Pic of the Day, August 3, 2015: Wildflowers

DrFumblefinger ·
    It's summer in the Northern Hemisphere and flowers are blooming everywhere.  No where is the profusion of blossoms greater than where Mother Nature planted them.  And in a great assortment of size, shape and colors.  ...
Blog Post

Heathrow gets 'best airport' award, closes T1

Paul Heymont ·
Queen Elizabeth opens Heathrow's Terminal 1 in 1968   Amazingly to many of us, London's Heathrow has been named best airport in Europe, picked from among 450 European airports in 46 European countries (did you know there were that many?) The...
Blog Post

Brits make exit plans in Greek crisis

Paul Heymont ·
Tourists in Rhodes, Greece: One eye on the exit?               Photo: Freta / Wikimedia   As the world watches the situation in Greece, which could lead to a default on government loans, a run on banks, an exit...
Blog Post

British make visas easier & cheaper for Chinese tourists

Travel Rob ·
Britain announced Wednesday that it was increasing the usual 6 month visa for Chinese tourists to a two year visa, effective in January and for the same cost of 85 pounds. And Prime Minister David Cameron announced...
Blog Post

UK airlines push for more female pilots

Paul Heymont ·
In the 40-some years since Britain got its first female commercial airline captain, the numbers on the meter have hardly budged; only 3 percent of the world's pilots are women, and in Britain just under 6 percent.   At a time of worldwide pilot...
Blog Post

How to assemble a 787 Dreamliner in 4 minutes

Paul Heymont ·
  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...
Blog Post

Aer Lingus adds 3 U.S. cities to its network

Paul Heymont ·
Aer Lingus is expanding its roster of U.S. cities with service to Dublin, adding new routes to Los Angeles, Newark and Hartford, CT. It's Aer Lingus' biggest one-time expansion since it first started flying trans-Atlantic in 1958.   Aer Lingus...
Blog Post

British Airways Cutting Size Allowance of Personal Bags

Travel Rob ·
British Airways  is reducing their size of a personal bag on August 18 forward.  Personal bags will be limited to  no bigger than 40x30x15cm .The current maximum is45x36x20cm. The carry-on bag allowance will remain the same....
Blog Post

Brits on Beach behaving badly? Call (British) cops!

Paul Heymont ·
Magaluf at night, in a quieter moment...     Photo: Rafael Ortega Diaz / Wikimedia   Responding to repeated complaints from locals and other visitors about badly-behaved British tourists, two resort towns in Spain's Balearic Islands...
Blog Post

Ski train (yes, ski!) sold out on Eurostar

Paul Heymont ·
Much of Europe is blazing in temperatures in the 90s, but some people are obviously already thinking ahead to the winter...perhaps to take their minds off the summer. Eurostar has announced that all tickets on its special direct-to-the-Alps trains...
Blog Post

If you're flying out of Rome, you may not be

Paul Heymont ·
A fire last May that heavily damaged Terminal 3 at Rome's Fiumicino airport is leaving passengers stranded or with major changes. The terminal handles most international flights, and it is mostly international flights that are affected.   In one...
Blog Post

Aer Lingus/British Air deal in last stages

Paul Heymont ·
Last pieces appear to be falling into place for Ireland's Aer Lingus to become part of IAG, the holding company that also operates British Airways, Iberia and Vueling. Final approval could come as early as this Thursday.   One of the biggest...
Blog Post

Fort Frederick State Park, Maryland (Where Gumbo Was #246)

George G. ·
Gumbo was visiting Fort Frederick, now a state park in Maryland. George shares the history of the fort and provides us with a nice photo tour of its sights.
Blog Post

Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya

DrFumblefinger ·
We visit the Grand Hotel in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. Situated in the heart of the tea growing region of the country, the cooler climate of the region was popular with the English who lived here during the 19th century. The Grand Hotel itself is a beautiful relic of the period of British Colonial rule on the island.
Blog Post

Pesuta Shipwreck, Naikoon Provincial Park, Haida-Gwaii, British Columbia

DrFumblefinger ·
There are few things that liven up a hiking day more than stumbling on a shipwreck.  At least that’s my life’s experience (based on this one wreck)!  One of my most interesting back-country backpacking experiences was...
Blog Post

Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Sept. 17, 2013: Trumpeter Swans, Courtney River Estuary, British Columbia

DrFumblefinger ·
 I enjoy birds, though I don't consider myself an avid birder.  I think swans are elegant, graceful creatures but before this year I'd only rarely seen them in the wild.  During a recent trip to Vancouver Island, I visited this bird...
Blog Post

Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Oct 10, 2013: Sunflowers, Cranbrook, British Columbia

DrFumblefinger ·
 Sunflowers are happy things!  Like the gentle quacking of ducks or the gurgle of a small creek down a mountain, they make me smile.  I'm not sure if they're called sunflowers because they look a little like the sun or whether it's...
Blog Post

Granville Island Market, Vancouver. 1) The Produce

DrFumblefinger ·
  One of my favorite markets anywhere is the Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver.  Situated on a piece of reclaimed land, it's become a peninsula and is an island in name only.  It adjoins False Creek and Burrard Inlet south of...
Blog Post

Granville Island Market, Vancouver. 2) Seafood and the rest

DrFumblefinger ·
  This is the second installment highlighting Vancouver's energetic and fascinating Granville Island Market.  Part 1 featured an overview of the market, it's history and its produce.  This post features the seafood, cheeses, meats,...
Blog Post

How to Sleep in the Air

Paul Heymont ·
Not a joke: British Airways has worked with Prof. Vincent Walsh, a brain researcher at University College London, on a series of strategies for better sleep in flight. Many of the suggestions are customized for particular situations (west-bound...
Blog Post

Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 3, 2014: British Telepone Box, Malta

IslandMan ·
            The island nation of Malta became part of the British Empire in 1800 after the French were driven out in 1799. They gained their independence in 1964 and the last of the British forces and other personnel left...
Blog Post

Can sweet and spicy sounds pep up airline food? BA thinks so...

Paul Heymont ·
British Airways is trying a new tack to make you like your airline meal better. Building on the work of a British researcher who tested what sounds might change people's perception of foods (He calls it Sonic Seasoning), the airline is tailoring...
Blog Post

Scots fighting to save highest BT phonebox

Paul Heymont ·
As Britain's phone operator continues to shut down public payphones, a Scottish ski resort wins a fight to keep the highest phonebox in Britain active.
×
×
×
×