British “Ramblers” celebrate 80 years
January 5, 2015
The Ramblers (formerly Ramblers’ Association) has its 80th birthday this year, and is still going strong, with 114,000 long-distance walkers in chapters all over Britain.
The Ramblers (formerly Ramblers’ Association) has its 80th birthday this year, and is still going strong, with 114,000 long-distance walkers in chapters all over Britain.
Standing high above the Dorset coast, overlooking the town of Weymouth and the isle of Portland is “Hardy’s Monument” built in 1845 on the highest point of Black Down.
Gatwick Airport, London, has installed new software for Airport Collaborative Decision Making, a concept that means all vendors, airlines and the airport itself sharing information for safety and efficiency. The result is an increase in the airport’s capacity on its single runway—up to 55 flights an hour
Computer outages in Britain’s air traffic control system are fouling up flights in and out of London, as controllers limit the number of flights to what they can handle without the misbehaving machines.
Charles Dickens has been a favourite British author of mine since high school. I have fond memories of getting lost reading A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations.
The infamous British Air Passenger Duty, which can add as much as $450 to airfare for a family of four flying trans-Atlantic to or from Britain, may have met its match in the Scottish vote against independence earlier this fall.
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.
Londonist again. For you who enjoy gleaning a sense of what came before in places you visit, have a look at Londonist’s Anglo Saxon map of London. In their words, “a map showing the London area in Anglo Saxon times (roughly speaking, 500-1066AD). It’s pieced together from many resources, showing our guess at the roads, rivers, forests and marshland that characterised the region. The main purpose was to highlight the many villages, hamlets and farmsteads whose names are still part of modern…
The Ramblers (formerly Ramblers’ Association) has its 80th birthday this year, and is still going strong, with 114,000 long-distance walkers in chapters all over Britain.
Standing high above the Dorset coast, overlooking the town of Weymouth and the isle of Portland is “Hardy’s Monument” built in 1845 on the highest point of Black Down.
Gatwick Airport, London, has installed new software for Airport Collaborative Decision Making, a concept that means all vendors, airlines and the airport itself sharing information for safety and efficiency. The result is an increase in the airport’s capacity on its single runway—up to 55 flights an hour
Computer outages in Britain’s air traffic control system are fouling up flights in and out of London, as controllers limit the number of flights to what they can handle without the misbehaving machines.
Charles Dickens has been a favourite British author of mine since high school. I have fond memories of getting lost reading A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations.
The infamous British Air Passenger Duty, which can add as much as $450 to airfare for a family of four flying trans-Atlantic to or from Britain, may have met its match in the Scottish vote against independence earlier this fall.
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.
Londonist again. For you who enjoy gleaning a sense of what came before in places you visit, have a look at Londonist’s Anglo Saxon map of London. In their words, “a map showing the London area in Anglo Saxon times (roughly speaking, 500-1066AD). It’s pieced together from many resources, showing our guess at the roads, rivers, forests and marshland that characterised the region. The main purpose was to highlight the many villages, hamlets and farmsteads whose names are still part of modern…