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Daniel Start’s wild swimming round the UK
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008I met Daniel Start at the end of last Summer when he moved into my friend Jo’s house in Bristol. He’d just finished writing a book, Wild Swimming, about all the beautiful rivers and pools he’d visited in the UK where you can go swimming and he’s done a blog for us on his travels [...]
Scotland to Poland by train
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 been to [...]
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 Lanka, Vietnam, [...]
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 are [...]
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 [...]
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 what’s [...]