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Getting to Scotland
All our holidays start and end in Glasgow. We will meet you at Glasgow International Airport or in the city centre (Queen Street Station).
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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 is a good train service between Waverley Station and Glasgow Queen Street Station. The train goes 2-3 times an hour and the journey takes 50 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 £5.40 (2005). 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 to Glasgow and Edinburgh and there are direct flights from the major airports to Glasgow.
You can plan your journey on Traveline
From Europe
Direct daily flights to Glasgow, Prestwick or Edinburgh:
From the US and Canada
Daily flights to Glasgow:
From Australia and New Zealand
There are no direct flights from Australia and New Zealand to Scotland. There are frequent flights between all London airports and Glasgow International Airport.
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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 emmissions of our minibuses, we give a donation to Trees for life for every guided 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.
- Trees 4 Africa:
Trees4africa is a collaboration between The Gambia, Scotland and England. This scheme has been set up to help preserve bird habitats in West Africa by saving existing forests from deforestation, planting new woodlands and to raise awareness by developing this project via local schools and communities.
- 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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