Category: Travelling

I have traveled south to see the Lads play Middlesbrough on no less than eight occasions and have yet to see a victory!

Before I go any further be reassured – the hex I have on my team at ‘Boro has been negated as the rescheduling of the game to a Monday night for Sky TV has undone my attendance… I shall be watching on the box.

The forthcoming game did get me thinking about previous encounters I have witnessed. Four of the eight games have ended in 2-1 defeats, close hard-fought affairs.

I witnessed a cracking 2-2 draw in 94/95 season. Craig Russell scored two well-taken goals, Don Goodman was at his pacey/bustling best as ‘Boro struggled to cope with our speed on the break. We could have easily won that game, despite having to rely on a man-of-the-match performance from Tony Norman to keep out the team that

The crowd outside is several drinks deep and starting to get restless when Fred Brophy summons his boxers to the center of the tent and hands them a bottle of port. One by one, they swig it until the wine is gone. Then they step out to meet the 300 beer-clutching cowboys, miners and cattle ranchers who are itching to see some action.

“Who wants to have a fight?” Brophy asks the cheering crowd. Seven men and two women climb onto a narrow stage for the chance to get punched in the face.

Traveling boxing troupes like Brophy’s were once common Down Under. But Australia’s transformation into a progressive, urbanized country has come at the cost of some of its unruly frontier traditions.

Today, Brophy’s troupe is the last of its kind in Australia, a relic of a bygone era before Netflix when a boozy boxing match was a

A coin-sized piece of consumer electronics proved the surprise hit of the summer with travelers.

After a spring of surging insurance claims and widespread images of piled-up baggage, many will have felt some trepidation at seeing their suitcase whisked into the maw of the airport baggage system.

International data from the US showed rates of mishandled luggage climbed as the rebound in passenger numbers was met an understaffed aviation sector, leading more nervous travelers to invest in Bluetooth tracking devices to monitor their suitcase’s journey online.

The UK regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority, does not hold such figures but delivery appears to have improved over the summer. Cuts to flight schedules and an urgent hiring spree staved off a feared “summer of lost luggage” at UK airports, although analysts believe the industry is not yet out of the woods.

The cap on passenger numbers at airports such as Heathrow and

While Japan is still not fully open to the world, the country has continued to ease its strict border restrictions. As reported by NHKthe country has confirmed ending the 72-hour pre-arrival Covid-19 test requirement for inbound travelers on Wednesday September 7. This new measure only applies to travelers who have been fully vaccinated including the booster dose.

According to a previous report by Nikkei Asia, some countries have now cut back on testing, making it difficult for people to take a pre-travel PCR test. Currently, anyone coming into Japan must show a negative test certificate taken at the most 72 hours before departure. Unlike some countries that allow people to enter with a negative antigen test, Japan only accepts certain types of test including the costly PCR method.

Meanwhile, the government is considering raising the daily cap of arrivals from the current 20,000 per day. Independent

East Asian country currently requires arrivals to produce a negative COVID test taken within 72 hours of departure.

Japan is considering scrapping pre-departure COVID-19 tests for travelers to the country, according to local media.

Japan is one of the last remaining countries using border restrictions to control the virus, with arrivals required to present a negative coronavirus test taken within 72 hours of departure.

Tokyo, however, may remove the test requirement for vaccinated passengers within the next few weeks, the Nikkei newspaper reported late on Monday.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno on Tuesday declined to comment on the timing of any border easing, except to say it would depend on COVID-19 numbers in Japan and overseas.

“Along with taking every measure to prevent contagion, we’ll also promote economic activity — and with border control measures, we’ll relax them in stages while keeping these two things in balance,” Matsuno told reporters.

This little-known iPhone hack is a game changer for travelers and it’s as simple as sending a text message.

The hack lets people track flights through their iPhone’s messaging app and provides all the details you would want your loved ones to know about.

The iPhone travel hack was shared a few months back on TikTok by @live_thedash, or Jade and Ryan, the couple behind the dedicated travel account.

In the video, Jade explains all you need is the name of the airline you’re traveling with and the flight number. You simply put those two things into a text message and send it off.

The flight number will then become a link that allows both you and the person you sent the message, to track the flight in real-time.

The flight details will also specify if the flight

August 22, 2022 – 10:14 BST

Georgia Brown

The Duchess of Cambridge was spotted reaching for Princess Charlotte’s iPad during a commercial flight to Scotland, in which the royal flew economy class with her children.

The Duchess of Cambridge has proved on several occasions that her parenting techniques for her and Prince William‘s three young children are just like any other parent.

MORE: Supernanny reacts to Duchess Kate’s parenting of cheeky Prince Louis – and it’s not what you’d expect

From her calm and collected response to Prince Louis’ cheeky antics at the Jubileeto keep Princess Charlotte entertained at the Commonwealth Games this summer, the mother-of-three has even been praised for her “impressive” parenting style by Jo Frost, AKA Supernanny.

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In a video shared to TikTok on Sunday evening, The Duchess of Cambridge

A Canadian TikToker is calling out Americans for their puzzling levels of ignorance about other countries — especially their neighbors.

Edmonton-based vlogger Camille Hill posted the video on Tuesday, responding to American TikToker Lexi after the latter made a video admitting she knew nothing about Canada, and laughing about it.

Since Lexi primarily covers travel-based content, particularly hacks that would help you save money while you globetrot, many found her lack of knowledge about her neighboring country shocking.

“Americans really don’t care about foreign countries unless they’re going to go travel there and use them as their personal playground,” said Hill after watching Lexi’s video. “Canada is a full country. It’s not just there for you and your American friends to play Disneyland at, you know?”

She prefaced her video with a request to viewers about not bullying or harassing the uninformed American.

@camillehill #greenscreenvideo #americanmoment #canada #alberta #sask #toronto

While Japan is still not fully open to the world, the country has continued to ease its strict border restrictions. As reported by NHKthe country has confirmed ending the 72-hour pre-arrival Covid-19 test requirement for inbound travelers on Wednesday September 7. This new measure only applies to travelers who have been fully vaccinated including the booster dose.

According to a previous report by Nikkei Asia, some countries have now cut back on testing, making it difficult for people to take a pre-travel PCR test. Currently, anyone coming into Japan must show a negative test certificate taken at the most 72 hours before departure. Unlike some countries that allow people to enter with a negative antigen test, Japan only accepts certain types of test including the costly PCR method.

Meanwhile, the government is considering raising the daily cap of arrivals from the current 20,000 per day. Independent