first we got a taxi to Edinburgh airport and then we took a tiny propeller plane (which kept doing propeller exercises before going on to the runway) to Dublin. this is the plane that we went on Then we had to go through security again and they threw away a bottle of water that I had […]
Entries Tagged as 'flights'
what we’ve been doing
July 11th, 2011 by callum · 6 Comments · flights, food, trains, travel, USA
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This flying lark
July 9th, 2011 by jane · 3 Comments · climate change, flights, travel, USA
Up at 4am after very little sleep. I’m really nervous about flying so far after so long — this mysterious and magical process over which we have no control and which seems to work on trust alone — and not looking forward to the bureaucratic, unwelcoming and officious immigration processes. Also full of the dilemmas of having chosen to […]
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Pre-clearance
July 8th, 2011 by Chris · 3 Comments · flights, travel, USA
Arrived in Chicago last night after a reasonably stress-free journey. The system in Dublin is that you get grilled and fingerprinted in “US Pre-clearance”. We thought this just meant the first stage of the process, but actually when we go here, we found that we had already cleared customs and immigration, and that it was […]
Be patterns, be examples
July 6th, 2011 by Chris · 2 Comments · climate change, flights, USA
Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations, wherever you come, that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one. George Fox, 1656 That famous Quaker quote seems appropriate as we set […]
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A Year of Breathing
August 25th, 2009 by Chris · No Comments · flights
I’m starting work on a website for the Natural History Museum at Edinburgh University (old website here) and I came across the work of Samatha Clark, and artist who’s doing some work in collaboration with the museum. One of her other projects, A Year of Breathing, seems relevant to mention here:
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Is it really greener to fly?
June 28th, 2009 by Chris · 2 Comments · climate change, flights, trains
Until the other week, I’d assumed that it was completely clear that flying (particularly long-haul, but all flying to some extent) was a really Bad Thing in terms of its contribution to climate change. I’ve not studied the climate change science in much detail, but I constantly hear from those who have that flying is […]