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Food, farming and flying
Friday, April 18th, 2008As the impacts of oil price on food lead to hunger for millions, there is no better time to change down a gear and find better ways to spend our precious time relaxing and eating locally. The ever rising price of oil not only directly impacts the price of food through artificial fertilizers, pesticides and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]