tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375098079570545114.post1725998911682108426..comments2023-04-01T13:48:55.167+01:00Comments on EcoWarriorMe: Martyr or MugUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375098079570545114.post-24432050761591910362012-09-27T19:44:31.056+01:002012-09-27T19:44:31.056+01:00Only 25 minutes to go and not feeling too bad for ...Only 25 minutes to go and not feeling too bad for spending 9+ hours on the train today, a borrowed laptop has helped the journey go quicker and quite productively too. I dislike traipsing about the airport - first a queue at to go through security then a queue to buy a bottle of water since you can;t take a bottle with tap water through, then hang about waiting to find the gate, hang about waiting to get on the plane then, at the other end, waiting for luggage. Flying would have been a bit quicker all in all, certainly if I drove to the airport but I had to be there for a certain time and there was little benefit in arriving half an hour early. We just need to convince a few more people to that slower is the new quicker and easier.<br /><br />Incidentally, the train did gradually get busier as the journey went on, not full but not far off. EcoWarriorMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15694782196970623283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375098079570545114.post-22780468613211124642012-09-27T09:47:16.407+01:002012-09-27T09:47:16.407+01:00I have flown from Edinburgh to London and taken th...I have flown from Edinburgh to London and taken the train. I much prefer the train, because you don't have to hang round the airport, I have a short walk to Haymarket or a short bus ride to Waverley. once on the train I can relax for the whole journey until thrust into the over busy city that is London. The train stations are closer to the centre of London than are the airports. I think for that kind of distance, if you take everything into account, then the train is actually faster than the plane and (generally) less hassle. <br /><br />I've also taken the train to Bristol. This is a journey where the plane does really save time but still I've often taken the train in preference (helped by the fact that two of the organisations I've worked for that have head offices in Bristol encourage train travel) (also helped by the fact that I can sometimes break my journey in Manchester to visit my parents. <br /><br />Basically though I prefer to take the train. <br /><br />You're right though we need more than a few environmentally conscious people to decide to take the train, it needs to be a much more generally accepted way to travel longer distances. Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.com