Items tagged as Slow Travel
Tenerife by train
26th October 2007 (0) Comments ![]()
Did you know that a journey by air can produce 10 times as much climate damaging CO2 as the same journey by train?
By Rowena Quantrill Did you know that a journey by air can produce 10 times as much climate damaging CO2 as the same journey by train? To avoid flying the trick…
Head for the hills… without the car
18th November 2009 (0) Comments ![]()
Helpful advice for reaching some of the UK’s wild places by train and public transport.
The Peak District, Snowdonia, Dartmoor, the Cairngorms… the UK is packed with fantastic places to go for a walk: heady peaks and hidden valleys, steep…
Slow Food from Italy
4th August 2008 (0) Comments ![]()
Ashley Bartner from La Tavola Marche, a culinary B&B in Italy lets us in on a few secrets of the Slow Food Movement and how she and her partner Jason provide guests with an authentic taste of Italy.
Ashley Bartner from La Tavola Marche, a culinary B&B in Italy lets us in on a few secrets of the Slow Food Movement and how she and her partner Jason provide…
Sleeper train to Scilly
30th July 2008 (0) Comments ![]()
Mark Frost tells his story of taking the sleeper train to the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall.
By Mark Frost “Is this because you want to go on that sleeper train thing?” girlfriend Emma asks with a raised eyebrow that conveys, if not wholesale…
North European Odyssey - Denmark & Germany
15th July 2008 (0) Comments ![]()
Sam Margolis recalls his slow travel journey to Denmark with four of his close friends.
By Sam Margolis The sign of a good holiday, by all accounts, is to know you’re having a great time when you’re actually there, rather than with the…