Show threadIan12h ago

@etc
Doesn't help you get to Iceland, but there are people trying to turn the tide - https://saillink.co.uk

#NotFlying

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Ian4d ago

Nothing says "Jet fuel is a valuable, finite resource" like flying a full Airbus A330 on a 6000km joyride back to where the passengers boarded, because the landing permissions that were due to be finalised while the plane was airborne did not materialise.

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/ekonomi/sas-plan-mot-indien-vande-halvvags-saknade-godkannande

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SAS-plan mot Indien vände halvvägs – saknade godkännande

Premiärflygningen för SAS nya förbindelse Köpenhamn-Mumbai blev inte den succé som flygbolaget hoppades på. Halvvägs mot Indien tvingades det fullsatta planet vända och flyga tillbaka till Danmark. Orsaken? Flygningen saknade nödvändiga myndighetstillstånd.

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Show threadIanMay 28
@richardnosworthy
Aye.
My Dad's 80th not on a convenient date, but not a moveable feast. And still covered by my #NotFlying pledge.
IanMay 28

The Deutsches Hygiene-Museum is well worth a visit if you pass through Dresden.
1. Great temporary exhibition on mental health, worth entry fee alone.
2. Interesting permanent exhibitions, acknowledging also its own history and role in National Socialist ideology.
3. Spotlessly clean toilets.

It's this kind of chance find that #NotFlying / travelling by #EuropeanRail makes possible.

#WalesToSweden

IanMay 22

Kicking off another #NotFlying round of #SwedenToWales feat a train, a night train, a morning in Malmö, a train (hello Denmark), an airport, a bus being a train (no, not Germany, still Denmark) a bus being a bus (hello Hamburg), a bargain £37 Eurostar, a bus being two buses.

Given the forecast temperatures, #HummusRoulette canned, ditto a plan to smuggle cheese into Blighty for my dad's birthday.

Unless I can think of something snappier, going with the hashtag

#SweatChildOfThine

IanMar 20
After a Night of Flight-Free Adventure (travel inspiration as fundraiser for the charity Flight Free UK), #WalesToSweden chuffed (electrically) on to Harwich and now takes a day ferry to Hoek van Holland.
Day ferries and night trains complement each other really well. You have time to sleep, work, or window stare on at least one.
#NotFlying
IanMar 19
The next round of #NotFlying #WalesToSweden has kicked off with its first pit stop at Bara, the cafe bringing Wales to Peckham.
(h/t @NationCymru for the tip off back when it opened.)
Show threadIanMar 3
I hate the smell of airports* in the morning**.
Even ignoring aviation's climate impacts, why do we tolerate that much damage to local air quality?
* Specifically today, CPH Kastrup, but let's face it they're all equally bad.
** No better, pm.
#GetMeToTheFish
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Show threadIanMar 2

This round of hummus roulette is going to be over very quickly.
(a) not much hummus in the fridge when I cleared out before leaving home. And only three carrots.
(b) just found out by SMS that there won't be a restaurant car on my Snälltåg to Malmö this evening.

(The rules of #HummusRoulette are elsewhere in my posts. Basically morphed from evading airport security to avoiding food poisoning as my #NotFlying became total.)

Show threadTamsinMar 2
@bestdeadends wow that sounds cheap! I feel like it would probably cost me that nearly that much to get from the Eurostar terminal back to my home in North Wales. Still #NotFlying tho. Hope the journey goes well!