I like travelling by bike, but i am not the biggest fan of doing roundtrips, i much prefer moving further and further away. So on longer trips i will end up way far from home, and since travelling by train across Europe, can be a real ordeal (especially with a bike), i sometimes take a plane back home. I guess busses would be an option too from some locations, i personally absolutely hate travelling by bus though. Weak excuse i know.
I am able to rationalize to myself that it is ok to take that flight, i spent now weeks doing low impact travel and can end it with a boom and still probably had less impact then with my regular life at home (i have not really done the calculation tbh). Of course, if it is reasonably easy to get home by train i will definitely prefer that, and i absolutely don’t always end up taking a plane.
What are your thoughts on this? Do you ever take a flight?
In some South Europen countries you find these dodgy small private bus tour organizers who carry (ex-)emigrants and their families to and fro. They tour to one or several places in Northern Europe with a small bus and trailer on a somewhat regular schedule, and you can probably fit your bike in the trailer, for less than the price of an air ticket. Can probably found on facebook or by asking in the local cafe of wherever your bike has carried you to.
Happy biking!
And to answer your question, do I ever take a flight. This is the first year I’ve really considered not flying and will probably opt for a bus. I just fly to visit my family and wouldn’t really do it for anything else, but even that felt wrong given that other options exist. I’d love to be able to take a train, but I can both not afford the money it costs and the time it takes. I only have a couple of weeks off.