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Travel

No fly zone …. Paused

Posted on by insightndes

Due to work commitments I had to fly back to Scotland. Still managed to complete the journey by rail.

Did not expect Tesco in Budapest

Very early start to get the 0740 flight to Heathrow. A trip involving a tram and the airport bus to Budapest Airport. Budapest is a fairly pleasant airport compared to the nightmare that is Heathrow. Then onto Inverness Airport, which now has its own railway station. Inverness airport is relatively pleasant.

Not great flying but almost halved the carbon footprint compared to flying both ways.

Inverness Airport station
The airport seen from the station,

A 45 min wait for the 12 min train ride to Inverness. Then a further wait before heading to the far north.

River Ness
It’s sunny
Beauly Firth.

In contrast to the other train lines the vegetation is really close to the track.

River Oykel
Looking down the Dunrobin castle drive
Looking out to sea
Brora River
Sun peaking through the trees at Brora
Hill cloud and sun looks dramatic
River Helmsdale
Near Forsinard
Mist near Halkirk
Thurso river near Halkirk
Trees on the horizon

A spectacular display as the sun sets on the journey north.

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Environment, Travel

Plane vs train CO2 emissions

Posted on by insightndes

Handily the Guardian Newspaper has published a comparison of CO2 emissions between plane and train (and car). See https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/30/carbon-emissions-from-uk-rail-travel-lower-than-previously-thought?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The example the Guardian cited was the journey from London to Edinburgh, which is one part of the journey that I completed. 12.5kg for the train and 131kg for the plane, more than a factor of 10 difference. All the trains I travelled on we’re pretty well full, so maximum savings achieved.

From the article “The first result from RDG’s new carbon calculator confirms this figure is actually 12.5kg/CO2e – approximately half the previous estimation, and 10 times less carbon than car travel or 13 times less than the equivalent flight.” referring to trains. I am actually surprised how much better trains are than flying and cars.

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