Travel and Holiday News & Reviews

Flooding in Northumberland

Posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

These days heavy rainfall and flooding are being talked about as if it is unusual. Well there might have been a few years of peace and quiet but its nothing new.

For the border floods of 1948 see

here

and

here

and for those of us who wonder at the impact of gravel extraction on the flood plains see here.

One final comment from a local who has lived many years in Glendale….she mentioned that historically you could use river bed stones …but with this no longer being the case the beds were shallower than they should be.

Just a relatively small price to pay for living in beautiful Northumberland.

RAF Millfield and their Cumbrian Connection

Posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

This is one of the information boards from Maelmin and the RAF memorial. What we hadn’t known was that the 59th Operational Training Unit, the first users of the airfield during the second world war , they came over from Crosby on Eden in Cumbria.

You can see a summary of the RAF postings here.

There is so much history up here in Northumberland, not just the ancient history, not just the medieval wars and the Border Reivers…but also more recent history.

Celebrate Oktoberfest at Paulaner Bräuhaus in October

Posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Celebrate Oktoberfest at Paulaner Bräuhaus in October from 16 October – 01 November 2009
Capetonians can once again experience Germany’s best-known beer festival, “Oktoberfest”, from 16 October to 01 November 2009 at Paulaner Bräuhaus in the V&A Waterfront. Beer lovers, families, young and old gather to enjoy the true taste and hospitality of Bavaria.

The festival [...]

Sendai Subway

Posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Visit Sweden – Don’t Listen to Dave

Posted on Monday, August 24th, 2009

VisitSweden have launched a video campaign to encourage folks in the UK to discover Sweden. No matter what Londoner Dave sees in Sweden it just doesn’t compare to what he’s used to at home. But Sweden hopes you won’t listen to Dave and go check it out for yourself. Close enough for a long weekend [...]