The Man in Seat 61 Day 1 in the books…

They were on the Stuttgart-Budapest sleeper last night by the look of it, en route to Istanbul, Tbilisi & Baku. Azerbaijan’s land borders a bit of an issue? Let’s follow & find out…

The Man in Seat 61 And to Budapest by day 2…

The Man in Seat 61 Onwards from Budapest and we managed a cheeky stop just for Halloween…

Morning coffee on the Dogu Express 🛤️ TCDD-Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları 🇹🇷 The Man in Seat 61

The Man in Seat 61 We made it across the land border to Azerbaijan without flying 🇦🇿⚡️ On our final train from Aghstafa to Baku now

Whaaat? How? My money’s on a Harry Potter Cloak of Invisibility…

9 countries, 14 trains & 5500KM later… how the heck did we get in…? 🇬🇧>🇦🇿

Great fun chatting to Rosie Wright on Times Radio this morning about the CarbonJacked journey from London to Azerbaijan by train to attend #COP29Baku

So something strange happened… we’ve become somewhat train famous in Azerbaijan… it’s Train Time with deadpan Jack Curtis

Days 5-6 of the Carbon Jacked Azerbaijan Adventure - from Veliko Tarnovo 🇧🇬 to Istanbul 🇹🇷

We’ve always been a fan of the wireless… and never more so than now ;) Jack Curtis was on Times Radio talking to Rosie Wright about our journey from London to Azerbaijan without flying for COP29… covering why we did it, how it went and what it cost…

Bit of a trip high getting a repost from The Man in Seat 61 - the North Star of our train planning escapades

Great piece in the Times Higher Education about the power of the CarbonJacked Climate Cup 🌍🏆

And, as ever, shoutout to The Man in Seat 61 for all the help with our route and logistics planning 🙏 In fact I think he's on a trip taking some of the same trains we took right now

The Untold Railway Stories is out now, including my telling of a rag-tag bunch of imperfect environmentalists travelling to Azerbaijan by train - shorturl.at/aCcyD

Great fun chatting to Gary Crowley on BBC Radio London about The Untold Railway Stories and my chapter on our journey from London to Azerbaijan for COP29 without flying. Out now and available in all the usual locations…linktr.ee/untoldrailways…