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Getting to Scotland
All our holidays start and end in Glasgow. We will meet you in the city centre (Queen Street Station) or at Glasgow International Airport.
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| Isle of Rum from the Isle of Eigg |
Travelling to Glasgow
From Edinburgh International Airport
There is an express bus service between the airport and Edinburgh city centre (number 100). The journey takes approximately 25 minutes and terminates at Waverley Bridge, near to the main railway station.
The frequency of the service is from every 10 minutes at peak times through the day, to every 30 minutes at night.
There are good train and bus services between Waverley Station and Glasgow Queen Street Station/Buchanan Bus Station. The train goes 2-3 times an hour and the journey takes 50 minutes. Bus services are 3-4 times an hour and the journey takes 80 minutes.
We will meet you at Queen Street Station.
From Preswick International Airport
Trains go every 30 minutes (Sundays every hour) and the journey time to Glasgow central Station is 45 minutes. A train ticket Prestwick International Airport – Glasgow Central Station cost £6.25 (2008). You will get 50% discount by producing your airline ticket.
From Central Station, it is a 5 minutes walk to Queen Street Station where we will meet you.
Or 30 minutes to Paisley Gilmore Street Station where you can take bus 60 to Glasgow International Airport (every 10 minutes), journey time 10 minutes. This is our other meeting point.
If you want to travel around Scotland before or after your holiday with us, you can plan your journey on Traveline Scotland
Travelling to Scotland
From Britain
There is a regular train service from all major train stations in England to Glasgow. Journey from London to Glasgow is about 5 hours.
You can also travel by overnight sleeper train from London. More information on the sleeper trains at www.scotrail.co.uk
You can plan your journey on National Rail Enquiries or Traveline
From Europe
You can travel by Eurostar from Brussels or Paris to London (www.eurostar.com) and continue your journey by (sleeper) train to Glasgow (see "From Britain").
You can also fly to Scotland. Some direct flights to Glasgow, Prestwick or Edinburgh are:
From the US and Canada
Some direct flights to Glasgow or Edinburgh:
From Australia and New Zealand
There are no direct flights from Australia and New Zealand to Scotland. There are direct train connections to Glasgow from London, Manchester and Liverpool to Glasgow (see "From Britain").
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| Cormonachan Wood, Loch Goil |
Reduce the CO2-impact of your journey
When you live in Scotland you learn how precious our environment is. During your holiday with us, you can be assured that the activities have minimal impact on the environment and wildlife. In order to reduce the impact of the carbon emissions of our minibuses, we give a donation to Trees for Life for every holiday we run.
However, one single shorthaul flight produces roughly the same amount of the global warming gas as 3 months worth of driving a 1.4 litre car. And most of you will fly to Scotland.
You can't do much about the fuel efficiency of aircraft, but if you book a holiday with us, please help reduce your personal contribution to global warming by planting trees. By supporting forest restoration, you will be helping to absorb some of the excess CO2 in the atmosphere, as well as providing habitat for a wide range of very special wildlife, and giving it a better chance of adapting to climate change. However, it is essential that this be combined with effective action from each of us to reduce our CO2 emissions.
You can donate for planting trees that will be grown to maturity in a forest of your choice. The costs are only £5.00 per tree.
The further you are flying, the higher the impact. We recommend the following minimal donation to reduce the impact of your flight to Scotland:
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Number of trees
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| England and Europe |
1
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| USA and Canada |
3
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| Australia and New Zealand |
5
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Where to buy
There are several organisations that are working to restore the natural forest:
- Trees for Life:
The vision of Trees for Life is to restore a wild Caledonian forest, which is there for its own sake, as a home for wildlife and to fulfil the ecological functions necessary for the wellbeing of the land itself. The main focus of their work is to assist the natural regeneration of the Caledonian Forest which once covered a large area of the Highlands of Scotland as extensive stands of majestic Scots pines, interspersed with birch, rowan, juniper and aspen trees.
- Tree Aid:
Tree Aid is enabling communities in Africa's drylands to fight poverty and become self-reliant, while improving the environment.
It is the UK's only forestry focused development charity providing funding and on-the-ground training and support to local organisations in the Sahel of Africa. Tree Aid's work, which also strengthens villagers' resilience to the impact of climate change, has never been more important.
- The CarbonNeutral Company:
The CarbonNeutral Company represents and sources carbon reducing projects from around the world. Projects used for offsetting (neutralising) carbon emissions come in two main types - climate-friendly technology projects which prevent or reduce CO2 emissions and forestry projects which absorb CO2 already in the atmosphere.
- Woodland Trust:
The Woodland Trust, the UK’s leading conservation charity dedicated solely to the protection of our native woodland heritage, is attempting not just to halt this destruction, but to create new woods. The Trust cares for over 1,000 woods and has so far planted more than five million trees.
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