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Zuid-Holland -
Bulbs have been cultivated since the sixteenth century. The first in Haarlem and surroundings, the Haarlem bulbs. Gradually, the cultivation expanded on the spiritual grounds . The present Bollenstreek arose between Haarlem and Leiden from the second half of the 19th century. Even today , most bulb fields are still found in the Bollenstreek and the north of the province of Noord-Holland , but also elsewhere in the country, including near Venlo , on Texel , in the northwest of the province of Friesland , in the Noordoostpolder and on the Zeeland and South Holland islands you can find bulb fields.
yellow and red tulips growing in the bulbfields in the netherlands. In the foreground are the water drainage canals called sloten which divide the fields. When all the flowers bloom the landscape turns crazy colours
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BEA 'silver wing' cigarette tins from the late 1950s and early 60s
a tin of 25 duty free cigarettes, cost 2/6d (half a crown aka two shillings & six pence or 12 & a half new pence) and was sold only on 'silver wing' flights, a BEA hand baggage tag & airsick bag, circa 1969
'silver wing' was the name of an all first class vickers viscount a/c service at midday local time between london airport central (lap(c)) and le bourget airport, paris, at exactly the same local time a 'silver wing' flight departed le bourget for london
two other routes with an all first class service at this time were london to glasgow and london to edinburgh, with 'the chieftain' and 'the clansman' twice a day
not until the mid 1960s with the introduction of the 3 engine DH121 were the near cities of western europe served by jet aircraft
the fleet of DH106 comet 4B jet aircraft, in service through the 1960s operated purely on BEA's longer routes,
specifically london to athens, beirut, istanbul, malta, milan, moscow, nicosia, rome and tel aviv
at the start of the 1970 summer holiday season this comet fleet became a separate charter airline, BEA airtours, based at london gatwick airport and in the same year court line (new name, old roots and new jet aircraft) was launched at london luton airport
a revolution in holiday destination travel had really begun ...
london heathrow ... more ...
from mid 1960s london airport(c) - central area and london airport(n) - northside area, became known as london heathrow
icao code lhr replaced lap
eventually additional central area passenger terminals removed the need for any long haul operators to use northside
'inclusive tours' or package holidays ... more ...
a package consisting of accommodation at a foreign holiday destination and return transport originating in traveller's home country,
sold only by a travel agent at a fixed price
this started in a small way in britain - schedule airlines offered to travel agents ONLY, a handful of seats per flight at a price lower than the published fare, thus enabling the creation of a holiday package by the agent
in time, ambitious british agents would charter a whole aircraft ... further cutting the cost of the individual holiday
one such tour operator was popular young company sunair holidays, who at the launch of BEA airtours, chartered two of the comets for the entire season for a few years ...
court line of luton airport worked closely with clarksons, an established tour operator who had been specialising in very popular day trip charters from many british airports to among other places, the dutch bulbfields ...
older british tour operator, skytours already offered as comprehensive a programme as possible using the relatively few british and european small, piston engine charter aircraft available in the 60s - more than a few holidays in their brochure used coaches, not aircraft to begin and end the adventure ...
sterling airways a small danish airline, was the 1960s pioneer in europe of this new way of marketing, soon evolving into a purely charter airline with a growing fleet of aircraft to carry more and more scandinavians to mediterranean resorts
economic downturns and world situations affect the travel industry instantaneously, many of the big name operators from the 1970s no longer exist, however 'all inclusive tours' are still available worldwide ...
I worked for BEA in exciting times, with many brilliant people whose adventurous, innovative and brave ideas turned flying from the luxury it was then, into the everyday essential it is today
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Spring is here.....Purple haze, near Voorhout.
South-Holland landscapes -
The summer flowering lilies and gladiolus also more in the east of the Netherlands. North Holland is by far the most important province for the production of flower bulbs. The production area in the Netherlands has grown strongly in recent decades. From 10,000 hectares in 1960 to more than 23,500 hectares in 2010. This is offset by a decrease in the number of growers. There were 13,000 bulb growers in the sixties, of which only 1,200 are left in 2010. The area per company has therefore risen. This is only due to far-reaching professionalization, scaling-up and mechanization that have taken place during cultivation. The flower bulb sector employs ± 16,000 people. In addition, the seasonal employees are called upon every year in the labor-intensive summer, autumn and winter months.
Blooming Start
The first trip to the flower fields of #sassenheim in #springtime 2018
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The striking colors of the flowering tulip bulbs are a typical sight in Holland during the spring. The bright red, pink and yellow colors are overwhelmingly beautiful and are a must see, or should we say, a must experience!
From the end of March until the second week of May the flowers in the bulb fields bloom. It goes without saying that the exact period depends on the weather. Generally speaking, the best time is the second half of April.
This image is taken near Westbeemster.
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One last shot of the tulip fields flower photo excursion.
This image is used in my blog: www.martijnvandernat.nl/bulb-exposure-ii/
Zuid-Holland -
A bulb field is a field on which bulbous plants (initially only tulips ) are grown commercially. In the fall, the bulbs are planted again, after which straw is spread and run on the land in order to protect the bulbs from frost. After the bulbs have blossomed in the spring, the (usually virus-sick) bulbs and wandering (of other varieties) are selected and removed. Although it takes energy to flower, it is necessary to find the diseased bulbs. Then the bulbs are mechanically headed . The bulbs are then harvested and exported all over the world, where the buyers plant them in their own garden .
Dutch Landscape -
The Netherlands is an important supplier of tulips and tulip bulbs, more than 80% of all tulips sold worldwide come from the Netherlands. Tulip bulb cultivation is also an important sector on Goeree-Overflakkee, the island supplies 7% of all Dutch tulip bulbs. The soil on the island is very suitable for growing the colorful flowers. Tulip bulbs are usually planted in October and November. The flowering period is from March to April.
South-Holland landscapes -
Soon after the first colored ones
fields in sight. big purple, yellow, red,
white and orange planes, like a giant
has an immense, abstract painting
brushed down. it is not subtle, this one
color orgy, but addictively beautiful.
You reach out after every turn
to the next bulb field. if you
well, you can place small,
see white signs with flamboyant
names like Ile de France, garden rhapsody
or Purple Prince.
Teylingen Sunset - Martijn van der Nat. ISO 400, 13 mm, f8, 1/13th sec, tripod, remote release. The story behind this image on my blog: www.martijnvandernat.nl/always-have-a-backup-plan/
Captured @ Boekelermeer, Alkmaar/Heiloo, North-Holland, Netherlands.
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These tulips are growing on what was still the bottom of an inland sea less than 100 years ago. The area was reclaimed from the sea, halfway through the 20th century, to form the world's largest artificial island: Flevopolder. There are cities, small towns and nature areas to be found, and lots of fertile agricultural land on which tulip bulbs are cultivated in huge numbers.
The Tulip was originally a wild flower, growing in Central Asia. It was first cultivated by the Turks as early as 1000 AD, The flower was introduced in Western Europe and the Netherlands in the 17th century by Carolus Clusius, a famous biologist from Vienna. In the 1590s he became the director of the Hortus Botanicus, the oldest botanical garden of Europe, in Leiden. He was hired by the University of Leiden to research medicinal plants and, while doing so, he received some bulbs from his friend, Ogier de Busbecq, the Ambassador to Constantinople (presently Istanbul). He had seen the beautiful flower called the tulip, after the Turkish word for turban, growing in the palace gardens and sent a few to Clusius for his garden in Leiden. He planted them and this was the beginning of the amazing bulb fields we see today.
Photo of tulips taken on the island Texel - The Netherlands. Although photo was taken in the spring this image gives me that summer feeling ;-)
De tulp was oorspronkelijk een wilde bloem, groeiend in Centraal-Azië. Eerst werd gecultiveerd door de Turken al in 1000 AD, De bloem is ingevoerd in West-Europa en Nederland in de 17de eeuw door Carolus Clusius, een bekende bioloog uit Wenen. In 1590 was hij directeur van de Hortus Botanicus, de oudste botanische tuin van Europa in Leiden. Hij was ingehuurd door de Universiteit van Leiden om onderzoek te doen in geneeskrachtige planten. Van zijn vriend, Ogier de Busbecq, de ambassadeur in Constantinopel (het huidige Istanbul) kreeg hij bollen opgestuurd. Zijn vriend had gezien hoe mooi deze bloem, genoemd tulp naar het Turkse woord voor tulband, bloeide in de tuienen van het paleis en stuurde een paar naar Clusius voor zijn tuin in Leiden. Hij plantte ze en dit was het begin van de prachtige bollenvelden die we vandaag de dag zien.
South-Holland landscapes -
Who thinks that only Lisse and Hillegom have the patent on vast
bulb fields is wrong. Also in South Holland
Goeree-Overflakkee in the spring you cycle through a beautiful,
brightly colored painting.
South-Holland landscapes -
The Netherlands is famous for its cultivated tulips and is one of the most important export countries for tulips and tulip bulbs. Traditionally, in the spring in the Keukenhof in Lisse, an exhibition is made of millions of tulips, which is mainly visited by tourists . In addition, many tourists come to watch the tulip fields. The best known are the more traditional fields along the dunes of South Holland and the West Frisian polders. However, the majority of the tulips can be found in Flevoland, in particular in the Noordoostpolder (over 2,000 hectares). Tulip fields can also be found in the Noordelijk Zandgebied of Noord-Holland (around Breezand , Anna Paulowna and Julianadorp ) and on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee .