Alastair Humphreys’ latest adventure, Manhattenhenge, thousands of naked blue people in Hull and some lovely looking crossings. The Travel news is in.
Alastair Humphreys busks around Spain
Adventurer and author Alastair Humphreys is currently retracing the footsteps of author Laurie Lee in the classic piece of travel writing set in 1934 As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by busking his way around Spain.
On his Instagram account Alastair says, “I bought a violin at Christmas, and began learning to play. I have never played music in front of an audience, and it is one of my deepest fears. I am appalling at the violin! It promises to be a hungry, and deeply embarrassing journey!”
Follow Alastair’s Instagram account for updates and to catch up with his past adventures see stanfords.co.uk
New York experiences Manhattenhenge
Manhattenhenge occurs when the setting sun aligns perfectly with Manhattan’s street grid. The natural phenomenon happens twice a year and this year fell on the 30th May and last Monday 11th July at around 8:20pm.
For more on Manhattenhenge see timeout.com/newyork.
Want to plan a trip to New York and see Manhattenhenge for yourself? stanfords.co.uk/new-York.
Hull see thousands get naked and blue
Photographer Spencer Tunick famous for his images of large groups of naked people recently gathered people in the UK’s Cultural Capital Hull for his latest instillation. The difference this time was that everyone was painted blue. Ferens Art Gallery enlisted the photographer to help celebrate Hull’s maritime heritage with this piece called the Sea of Hull which will be displayed next year.
Read more: lonelyplanet.com/news/
Creative crossings around the world
Our Zebra crossings sound cool but there are not much to look at. We have been experiencing some major crossing envy looking at The Guardian’s pictures of creative crossings around the world.
Share your pictures on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #guardiancrosswalks theguardian.com/cities
And finally…
Talking of crossings, if you are in a office with no windows and are left wondering how our British summer is doing, you can look at the live webcam from outside Abbey Road Studios and see how heavy the rain is by the volume of umbrellas.
London’s most well-known crossing was made famous in 1969 by The Beatles’ Abbey Road album cover image of them on the crossing has become one of the most iconic images in music. On the webcam you can also see fans recreating the image and arguing who should go barefoot a la Paul McCartney.