Final leg underway

Rolled into St Pancras at 14:17, made it across London, and now settled into a quiet First Class seat on a GWR IET heading back to Bristol. Everything lined up perfectly and it feels great to be gliding west for the last stretch.

After weeks of rails, borders, and night trains, home is in sight. Due into Temple Meads at 16:35.

#BetterByRail
#EuropeByRail
#TrainTravel
#RailAdventure
#SlowTravel
#GWR
#IET
#HomewardBound
#NoFlyTravel
#FOSDEM
#FOSDEM2026

@hedders I'm so worried about the climate these days, I hardly travel anyway. Certainly not by plane, and as far as possible only if it's cheap / accessible by train or bike. I'd make my family stick to local park rather than drive anywhere. I know not an option for everyone, but loads of people do think this way, mainly Green campaigners, obviously.

#GreenEnergy #GreenMobility #NoFlyTravel #GretaThunberg #DavidAttenborough

Okay, so my night train accumulated over two hours’ delay, but at least I got to sleep an hour longer and, since I missed my connecting train, I now have a couple of hours to explore Florence! #NoFlyTravel #TrainTravel

#globalization #climate #noflytravel #climateactivsm #kielinstitute #walkthetalk

Climate Researcher Threatened With Termination for Taking a Stand Against Flying
https://www.commondreams.org/news/flying-carbon

Climate Researcher Threatened With Firing for Taking a Stand Against Flying

"I am prepared to pay this price, if it helps raising awareness among the public and the societal leadership on the desperate situation we are in," said Giancarlo Grimalda.

Common Dreams

If you've been inspired by all these long-distance train travel ideas in the Guardian, you might enjoy my translation of Overland by Richard Kaufmann (Raz el Hanout Verlag), edited by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson on the joys of travelling with no plan, not flying and letting the journey be as much part of the trip as the destination...

#LiteraryTranslation #bookstodon #overland #TrainTravel #noflytravel

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/sep/02/four-great-long-distance-european-train-trips-from-the-uk

https://razelhanout.de/buch/overland/?lang=en

https://diaryofdifference.com/2022/07/10/overland-travelling-with-no-plan-by-richard-kaufmann-book-review/

Four long-distance, good-value rail trips from the UK to Europe

Our rail travel expert picks the best routes for exploring mainland Europe by train and ferry

The Guardian