Ah the humble jumping photo. Who was the first to discover the sheer joy of doing away with the usual boring photo pose in favour of leaping like an idiot! We’ve listed 20 of our favourite jumping snaps off Flickr. Want to see yours added? Ping us a link in the comments or email them to photos@omgholidays.com.

1. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
   
2. Grand Cayman Islands
3. Carancahua Bay, TX
   
4. Grand Canyon
   
5. Cape Spear in Newfoundland, Canada
   
6. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei City
   
7. Mission Beach, Australia
   
8. Concordia, Sicily
   
9. Santa Barbara, California
   
10. North Adams, Massachusetts
    
11. Carquinez Bridge, California
    
12. Marseille, France
    
13. A Motel Somewhere
    
14. Ephraim, Wisconsin
    
15. Morro Bay, California
    
16. San Fernando, Ilocos Region, Phillipines
    
17. Toulouse, France
    
18. A dog jumping somehwere
    
19. Norfolk coast, England
    
20. Nubra Valley, India
    

There’s 20 snaps we liked. Send us a link to your own in the comments or email them to photos@omgholidays.com.

For visitors in Ireland, news that Aer Lingus are introducing a new route between Cork and Gran Canaria.

The service is a weekly one, with departure at 7am.

Meanwhile flightstats.com have a page about the airport in Gran Canaria, with photographs and statistics – for example that some nine million people a year use it.

To read more click here

If you’re off on your Lanzarote holidays in the next month or two, you might be considering hiring a car.

But if you’re visiting with toddlers you’re going to need a car seat, and the price of hiring one for a week or two can be expensive.

This is currently being discussed at one of lonelyplanet’s forums, and some of the contributors have given out details of companies that offer the best deals.

To see the forum click here

An independent and personal view of a holiday to Lanzarote has been published recently in a regional UK newspaper, and makes for interesting reading.

To read it click here

Tenerife has long been known as the ideal winter getaway for Northern Europeans looking for a week or two of warm weather and sunshine, while it’s cold at home.

Thomas Cook are promoting their top five winter destinations at the moment, and they are worth checking out for some good deals.

To read more and to find out what they have to say about the island click here

For other companies who have holidays in Tenerife visit www.yourtenerife.net

Some seven hundred years ago there was a huge volcanic explosion on the island that still fascinates scientists today – because much of the volcanic matter is on land and not beneath the sea it has allowed them to study it in great details, and a report of their findings have been published in Geology Magazine.

For more details click here

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Off on holiday to the island in the next few days?

According to reports there have been multiple minor tremors recently on neighbouring Canary Island El Hierro (ferries run between Tenerife and El Hierro) with an outside chance of a volcanic eruption.

For the latest Tenerife weather for both the island and the other Canaries visit our main site yourtenerife.net

If you’re after more than just a holiday on the island, and want to see it close up and at your own pace, cycling is a great way to do it.

The LA Times has just published details of a seven day cycling tour which includes accommodation, and in their article includes details of a company who organises it.

For more information click here

For details of other Gran Canaria holidays visit yourgrancanaria.net

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If you’re thinking of taking an autumn break and considering where to go, the Mirror have just published a travel report about where it’s good to visit, and includes Gran Canaria, mentioning one of the Gran Canaria hotels, a four night break for under £350 a person, and other information.

To read it click here

Majorca has been the most popular holiday island among British tourists for some years now – but could Tenerife be about to take the number one spot away?

Possibly if the number of people taking holidays in Tenerife from Manchester Airport is an indicator, as more people chose the island over Majorca in recent months.

For the latest Tenerife weather visit www.yourtenerife.net