Slow travel, flight free travel company
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Slow travel, flight free travel company
There is an interesting article in the Guardian today promoting a company Byway Travel which specialises in individual trips using trains boats and buses.
It sounds like a great idea to me. Anyway you can read the article here
It may be of interest to those of you who do not want to hire a car and who want to limit there flying after getting to Europe. UK, Parts of France and Italy only at this time.
It sounds like a great idea to me. Anyway you can read the article here
It may be of interest to those of you who do not want to hire a car and who want to limit there flying after getting to Europe. UK, Parts of France and Italy only at this time.
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thanks for posting that, Hets. I had a look at their itineraries for Cornwall, just to see what they were proposing, and apart from the rather novel suggestion that people stay in St Austell i thought that their recommendations were pretty good. The prices also struck me as very reasonable considering holiday prices generally and the level of flexibility and support they apparently offer.
Bilbo - I agree with you about preferring trains etc and at the moment I think that they enable the traveller to maintain far greater control over his/her environment compared to the "cattle market" atmosphere of some airports. This is pretty encouraging too:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ilway-stations
Bilbo - I agree with you about preferring trains etc and at the moment I think that they enable the traveller to maintain far greater control over his/her environment compared to the "cattle market" atmosphere of some airports. This is pretty encouraging too:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ilway-stations
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Thanks for the link. That's my kind of travel, usually by train, but having someone sort out bus connections might be handy. BTW, Intrepid has always traveled that way, and I believe Saga as well (my UK-based elder sister uses Saga, and always seems to be taking off for Europe by coach).
If you're interested in UK train stations, have you seen this? http://allthestations.co.uk/
If you're interested in UK train stations, have you seen this? http://allthestations.co.uk/