Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days ago

'Slow travel' start-up launches cross-Channel crossings by sail

www.france24.com

'Slow travel' start-up launches cross-Channel crossings by sail

www.france24.com

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Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days ago

The crossing may be "a bit choppy", Captain Andrew Simons warns a dozen of his passengers waiting in the French port of Boulogne to cross the Channel with only wind to get them to England.

People are being inspired by Greta Thunberg.

Cheers to traveling by sail and rail 🍷

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Greta Thunberg invented sailing?
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  She crossed the atlantic using a sail boat.
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    I know. So have many done for centuries. Its not that uncommon for experienced recreational sailors.
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    So they’re being inspired by a rich kid?

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