#travel (125 links)
- diamond geezer diamondgeezer.blogspot.com
- Amtrak adventures | Travel | The Observer guardian.co.uk
As travellers who wanted a journey more than a destination – and craved the room to work, read and relax on the way – the train seemed an obvious solution. And it was surprisingly affordable: $389 covers you for two weeks of train riding. Or, more specifically, it covers you for eight separate segments of travel within 15 days.
- Cars (again) - Charlie's Diary antipope.org
Lots of interesting bits here but the stats in particular stand out. "The death toll is not small. The UK, despite having an excellent road safety record, sees more people killed on the roads every year than died during the entire duration of the Troubles in Northern Ireland; "According to the World Health Organization motor vehicle collisions are the 6th most common cause of death in developed nations, with an average rate of 20.8 per 100,000 populations in the year 2000 (30.8 for males, 11.0 for females). African nations have the world's highest road traffic injury mortality rates." (Wikipedia on traffic-related death rates.) 1.2 million were killed and 50 million injured in road traffic accidents in 2004."
Much more beyond this quote... "When you actually need to travel, your personal devices will keep you on track. For example something the “JITwatch“, or that iPhone app that triggers an alarm when GPS indicates you’re within a particular distance from your destination."... but everything has been done already.
Via infovore.
- markwilson.it » Overseas roaming advice for UK iPhone users markwilson.co.uk
- Time Zones everytimezone.com
Never warp your brain with time zone math again.
Via gilest.
- Flightless Travel - Overland Travel, Real Travel, Alternative Travel, Slow Travel, Fear of Flying, Grounded Travel flightlesstravel.com
A unique social networking website dedicated to travel overland and water by any means possible.
- Distance Calculator: The Official Guide to the South West Coast Path southwestcoastpath.com
Lots of information on the Night Riviera sleeper service to Cornwall from Seat 61.
- Caledonian Sleeper trains | ScotRail scotrail.co.uk
ScotRail’s Caledonian Sleepers... overnight train services operating between London Euston & Scotland.
- National Rail Enquiries - Special Offer - Freedom of the South West 3 in 7 Day Rover nationalrail.co.uk · Archived on
The Freedom of the South West rail rover provides unlimited use of all National Rail services on the map in the validity section. Available any 3 days within a 7 day period.
One price, one ticket, unlimited train journeys ... when the snow clears, the rail rover could be one of Britain's best-kept travel secrets.
- YouTube - Wikitude AR Travel Guide uk.youtube.com
Search landmarks in your surroundings and view them on a map, list, and on an Augmented Reality (AR) camera view: What you see is an annotated landscape, mountain names, landmark descriptions, and interesting stories.
Please don't shut this down, TfL.
Via shrinkwrapped.
- HubLog: On A Bus hublog.hubmed.org
More info re. On A Bus: "Enter a route number to display the stops (and switch between alternate routes in the sidebar). A click on a marker or a stop name will show a blow-up map for that location (which can be maximised to show a StreetView of that location, or at least it would if StreetView was available in London). A selection of Wikipedia items near that stop will also be displayed, so you can use this to explore locations along the route; again, these maximise to show the whole Wikipedia page inline."
Why do double decker buses have windows? I’m not talking about the big windows we look out of, but the small letterbox shaped windows above that we can open and close? The answer, obviously, is so that passengers can regulate temperature and ventilation, but they come with a major problem: for half the year, they make passengers on the bus ill. At least, that’s my theory.
- The Man in Seat Sixty-One... seat61.com
The Man in Seat Sixty-One will tell you how to travel overland comfortably & affordably where you might think that air was now the only option.
This historic, 1000-acre private estate on The Lizard peninsula has been transformed by restoring its environment and converting old or abandoned buildings to provide a real alternative to holiday inflation, based on green principles.
- TripIt | Organize your travel tripit.com
"Just forward your travel confirmation emails to: [email protected]." Clever clever.
In return for your help on organic farm, gardens and smallholdings you receive meals, accommodation and the opportunity to learn. Wwoof volunteers do not pay to stay with hosts and Wwoof hosts do not pay volunteers for their help.
- Unofficial Landmark Trust search page (updated 28th September 2007) landmarktrust.dracos.co.uk
Allows searching of Landmark Trust availability PDFs.
- The Landmark Trust | Homepage landmarktrust.org.uk
The Landmark Trust is a charity founded in 1965 that rescues and restores historic buildings at risk and gives them a new life by offering them for holidays
- Aida Edemariam talks to Barbara Hadrill on travelling the green way | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited guardian.co.uk
Barbara Hadrill [...] is the bridesmaid so perturbed by our wrecking of the planet that instead of flying to Brisbane for her friend's wedding, she quit her job and set off by land and sea instead.
- Ardèche guide, tourism and holidays in Ardèche, South France : hotels, campings, holidays bookings... ardeche-guide.com · Archived on
Official Tourist Board website for the Ardeche region.
A family-owned 350-year-old forester's cottage in the heart of the New Forest national park.
- Sustrans Home sustrans.org.uk
The UK's leading sustainable transport charity
- Guardian Unlimited Travel | Saturday section | Green houses travel.guardian.co.uk
Eco-correspondent, Richard Hammond, picks 30 of the best green places to stay around the world.
- Flight Pledge flightpledge.org.uk
The single most effective decision you can take to reduce your impact on the climate is not to fly. In the absence of any leadership from government, we offer you the chance to pledge to limit the number of flights you take each year.
- What to do see in DC area | Ask MetaFilter ask.metafilter.com
Washington DC, Bethesda, Chevy Chase....Off beat, ( off the mall too probably), things to do between Christmas and New Years. Bonus for vegan, macro, farmers market food ideas