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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008Toby Sigouin explains the excitement, beauty and ease of a train ride from Edinburgh to Poland As a long time fan of overland travel I always choose destinations I can travel to by boat and train for my annual vacation. For my 2007 trip I decided to visit Poland and Berlin, places I have never [...]
Anthem for those who stay earth-bound
Saturday, January 5th, 2008‘Flying‘ by Seize the Day
Reasons to be free from flying
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007I thought I would post some of the recent reasons that people have given for being free from flying. This is in part a response to an email earlier in the week from a good friend after he read an article in the Times, “Airlines to make billions from CO2 trade” by the Transport Correspondent, [...]
Why do something today when you can put it off til tomorrow?
Friday, November 23rd, 2007BAA proudly announces the advent of a new runway and terminal 6 (although silent about the village that needs to be bulldozed) It seems the future is always the best place to deal with urgent issues that otherwise require us to address things in our own lives. At least, that is, according to many economists [...]
Fighting the right battle against global warming
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007LowFlyZone response to Tom Robbins Observer article where he questions the need to halt in the rapid growth in aviation. His reasoning does not add up. Rather than suggest we back off or somehow water down our efforts at tackling our unsustainable lifestyles, cutting out flying is an important signal in accepting and embracing necessary [...]
A low-cost trip to Venice
Friday, November 9th, 2007A low-cost trip to Venice by John Valentine Hundreds of thousands of words have been written about the beauty of Venice, a wonder of the world, this jewel is just an overnight train ride away from London – since our visit last in October we have met people who have been on holiday to Sri [...]
Paris to Rome by sleeper train
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007John Valentine on his train trip between two great European cities Paris is the great rail hub of western Europe. Every night of the week trains leave various stations in the city to cross the continent to the north, east and south – and every night, in the middle of the night when most passengers [...]
A rich tapestry of experiences unimaginable by plane
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007John Stewart of Airport Watch describes his trip to Istanbul It wasn’t any easy choice to make. I was asked to go to Istanbul to speak at a conference. To take the train or the plane from London? I plumped for the train. Despite some difficulties along the way, which I’ll tell you about, I’m [...]
Berlin for Breakfast
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007John Valentine, founder of the original flightpledge sight, is travelling by train around Europe this year and we are posting his experiences here on LowFlyZone. . . Seeing European destinations by train is one of the most rewarding ways to travel [Ed.] ‘Yes, we know you are against short and medium haul flying – but [...]
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