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Here in gorgeous Bournemouth ahead of my half marathon tomorrow. I’m raising money for Flight Free UK and I only need to raise £55 more to reach my target. Please sponsor me if you can! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

On Friday 16th October I'm doing a talk about our LEJOG in memory of Tim McKenna at the Cycle Touring Festival. It's online so you can tune in from wherever you are. It will be a poignant but hopefully joyful talk about why we all loved Tim so much 💚 cycletouringfestival.co.uk/whatson/

Our runners have completed their short haul flight around Ealing. Time for a virtual wizz. Time for sportswashing to take flight. Let’s Wizz! Sign our petition ✍️ Let race organisers know how you feel 📣 Run for good 🏃‍♂️ 💚🌍 @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social

What’s the difference between a Green Runner & an airline that sponsors races? Create your own meme highlighting high-carbon sponsors & tag us! Join us, @badvertising.bsky.social & @flightfreeuk.bsky.social in telling race organisers to drop big polluting sponsors.

My half marathon is coming up – 13 miles along Bournemouth's cliffs and promenades. It's part of fundraising efforts for @flightfreeuk.bsky.social – please sponsor me if you can! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

Back in Blighty after 8 wonderful days in Slovenia. Slightly cooler than on the way out because I left my beautiful turquoise jacket on a Flixbus 😭😭😭

One last sunset in Ljubljana before getting on the sleeper train home.

We took a bike tour of the city earlier, before we catch the sleeper train later. The roads in central Ljubljana were closed to traffic in 2004, making a wonderfully calm and cycleable city. The fountain in the second picture used to be a roundabout.

On our last day in Slovenia we headed out to the coast, to the tiny town of Piran. Slovenia’s coastline is so small that if you look one way, there’s Croatia, and the other way it’s Italy. There are no sand beaches but you can climb off the rocks into the sea, which is warm and clear 🌊

A parkrun A to Z without flying or driving Love this by @annacycles.bsky.social 💚🌍 What an inspiration! 👏🏻 Anna shows there’s no need for a plane to come between you and your next run. 🏃‍♀️ @flightfreeuk.bsky.social thegreenrunners.com/a-flight-fre...

Yep, it would have been quicker to fly (and a better night’s sleep). But I quit flying 20 yrs ago because of the emissions, and I truly believe that burning loads of fossil fuel isn’t worth it just so I can go on holiday. Especially if I can get there by train! See @flightfreeuk.bsky.social for more

And we have arrived in Ljubljana! Four trains and 24hrs from the UK to Slovenia. It all went pretty smoothly, with just one cancelled train but everything else working like clockwork. It’s never the best night’s sleep on a train but we are here and excited to explore 🇸🇮

Made it!! Step 4 in the epic train journey to Slovenia: the night train from Stuttgart to Ljubljana! This sofa will fold down to become my bed in an hour or so. Cosy!

Train cancelled. Not much we can do except wait for the next one.When life gives you lemons…

Oops I said marathon when it's a half. Sorry for the mis-selling! 🫣 I'll just get to the end and turn around and do it again...

I'm running the Bournemouth marathon in October in aid of my charity Flight Free UK. Would love your support if you fancy throwing me a few quid! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

"One of the things I love about running is how simple it is. Just head out of the door and go where your legs take you. There’s very little kit needed, and importantly for a sustainability professional like me, there’s very little impact on the planet." My flight-free parkrun alphabet story 👇🏃‍♀️

25 parkruns, one for every letter of the alphabet (but without X as there isn't one), all without flying or driving: www.annacycles.co.uk/post/flight-...

Does anyone have a pair of solar glasses they are now not going to use? I’m going to head down to Gibraltar to see the next eclipse next year, and want to save a few of those pairs from landfill. Flight-free Gibraltar = trains to Paris, Barcelona, Madrid and Algeciras 🙌

I just voted for the new banknote animals. My absolute favourites are kingfisher and puffin. I was lucky enough to photograph puffins off the Northumberland coast on my round-Britain sail, and the magical flash of a turquoise kingfisher on the canal always brings a thrill.

We build bypasses on our bypasses yet still never have enough room for all those cars. www.annacycles.co.uk/post/railway...

The Night of Flight Free Adventure is tomorrow! – please come if you can. In London or online so you can tune in from anywhere. 🌍 12 epic stories of adventure, local to world-wide 🌍 Raising money for the climate work of Flight Free UK It's going to be ace! www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

Can't wait for this event next week: 12 adventurers sharing their travel stories, all without flying, including yours truly and the amazing Alastair Humphreys. In aid of my charity Flight Free UK. Please come if you can! We're streaming it online if you can't get to London. Tickets 👇

If you’re wondering how flying can be so cheap, and how to travel cheaply without flying, we’re holding this event next week: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh... It’s online so hopefully easy to dial into. Thursday 5th Feb, 6.30pm.

Jane Austen’s sister and mother were called Cassandra. The Great Exhibition was held in Hyde Park in 1851.

They’ve actively gone mad.

Now it's running on behalf of my charity, @flightfreeuk.bsky.social. Alastair Humphreys is still the host. There will still be 12 intrepid explorers. The format is still PechaKucha. The difference is it's all flight-free! In London or watch online. Pls come! www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...