RE: https://mastodon.social/@BRUZZbe/115965930921887546
Een nuttige aanvulling, maar aankomst in Hamburg om 6u57? Da’s wel wat vroeg voor mijn recreatieve reizen… Ontbijt in de lounge dan maar? 😉
Heeft/deelt European Sleeper eigenlijk ergens first class lounges?
#FlightFree #TrainTravel #trains #SleeperTrains
@maartje
Scottish people, in the Fort William area in particular: any recommendations for taxi/tour companies that could take me from Fort William to Glenfinnan (Monument & exhibition + a view on the Viaduct) and back on 10/10/2026? The only (well, that’s what he claims) electric taxi in the area is already booked that day…
Plenty of non-e options, but instead of emailing—or the horror, calling—them all, I’d rather follow up on some personal recommendations.
#Scotland #CaledonianSleeper #FlightFree
@OccasionalDucks My last flight was to Bucharest in 2016 (to a business commitment that should have been in Hamburg or Barcelona, where I would have travelled by train). I switched to Eurostar when the terminus moved from Waterloo to St. Pancras, ie 2008 or so. #flightfree
RE: https://ecoevo.social/@sarahdalgulls/115853249679470403
I’ve been #FlightFree for a number of years using the simple but effective approach of just not buying any aeroplane tickets or getting on board any aeroplanes- if that is something you struggle with for some reason maybe this will help you though - and it is certainly amusing to read :-)
I've made the flight free pledge. So could you.
#FlightFree #Flying #ClimateEmergency
Flight Free 2026 is now live! - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GE-myiSC2ew
Join us and be #flightfree 🌎 #FlightFree2026
RE: https://graphics.social/@metin/115751067159275042
"The CO2 emitted by aircraft only causes about half the climate impact of aviation. The other half comes from contrails— artificial clouds that are created by soot in the engine exhaust.
In certain conditions, aircraft will leave contrails that linger for hours and turn into artificial cirrus clouds. These clouds act like a blanket on the planet and significantly add to global warming...."
https://ethosandempathy.org/en/2025/12/19/on-flight-free-traveling/
New essay on flight free traveling.
34 minutes…
Apparently it only takes a 34 minute train ride to get from Brussels to Lille! So this cloudy afternoon in December, I found myself once again in Brussels Midi for my shortest high speed train ride ever.
#LilleTrip #Lille #FlightFree
Private jet tax should be sky high...(and all air travel heavily taxed for the "hell on earth" it causes)...
#flightfree #climateemergency
https://theecologist.org/2025/nov/24/private-jet-tax-should-be-sky-high
ICYMI
I recently went on a trip to Budapest, Bucharest, Transylvania, and Vienna, and blogged about it. It covers a lot of my favourite things:
- (Sleeper) trains
- Craft beer & specialty coffee
- (Roman) history, archaeology, and art
- Hash House Harriers and trail running
If any of those things interest you too, or you just like pretty pictures, check out https://www.martijn.be/tag/TT202510/?order=asc
#FlightFree #craftbeer #romanhistory #TransylvaniaHalloweenHashTrip #CrossBorderRail
The social, financial and environmental cost of trains being pricier than planes...
#flightfree 🌎
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/23/down-to-earth-climate-travel-train-plane
La Cabra Coffee, Kraftpaule, and Kálmán Imre
It all started with a post-it note left at the 2024 BMPH3 Xmas Party: “Come to Transylvania OCT 25”. Well, it is October 2025 now, so I’m heading to Romania for a hashing event… It is quite a trek, though, so I’ll be making some stops along the way. First destination: Budapest!
#TransylvaniaHalloweenHashTrip #FlightFree
https://www.martijn.be/2025/10/18/la-cabra-coffee-kraftpaule-and-kalman-imre/
Folks still fly despite aviation's dirty secret: airplane contrails are a surprisingly potent cause of global warming. Warming effect of thin, white clouds will triple by 2050....
#flightfree
Hopelijk vind ik op deze trein ooit nog eens een privé-compartiment dat niet evenveel kost als een midweek op hotel…
#TrainTravel #SleeperTrain #FlightFree https://mastodon.social/@BRUZZbe/115287347267999362
Mini documentary about two former pilots who gave up their careers after realising how they were contributing to the #ClimateCrisis and founded Safe Landings, https://safe-landing.org/, a #JustTransition organisation for workers in the #Aviationindustry
This needs to get to 10,000 signatures by 24th Sept to be debated by govt 🙏#FlightFree #ClimateCrisis
Report Finds European Tax System Favors Carbon-Intensive Air Travel Over Rail, Undermining Climate Goals..
#flightfree
Back of the envelope calculation: by driving to the alps for our holiday instead of flying (4 basically adults in an electric van) we saved emitting approx 1.5 tons CO2.
Admittedly it took a lot longer but, other than the England part of the drive (hideous traffic both ways), the travelling was fine and was split up by a few days in Fontainebleau (just south of Paris) that we wouldn't have done otherwise. 5⭐ would recommend!
#FlightFree #EV #LowCarbonTravel
