Amazing the lengths some people will go to to try and promote themselves as human beings.
They gonna spend 4 months getting home as well?? Must be nice to be able to take 8 months off work to attend a wedding.
What a load of bollox! I bet they have 3 cars.
People try to do something to raise awareness - saving money and the planet
getting slagged off by FMTTMers - priceless...
I'm sure the thoughts of people on here will put them off this stupidity and make them return to being normal, sensible humans, who don't give a toss about the planet or want to do anything to make it last a bit longer. What silly people they are for even considering something like this.
How well do you know them to come to your conclusion?I’m not devaluing their effort but I still think it’s a media driven opportunity not necessarily a spontaneous event just because of the wedding.
What school kid?I’m not devaluing their effort but I still think it’s a media driven opportunity not necessarily a spontaneous event just because of the wedding. Ok they’ve gone to great lengths to promote the effort almost like an activist hard at work with their paid partizan audience.
So they took 4 months to get to Oz, and took other forms of transportation but not once did they go completely organic or the Captain Cook way and sail, which is in my opinion is the real travel alternative of “saving the earth”.
I’m wondering if the parents actually got permission to take their kid out of school for 4 months? I thought in the UK you could only take your kid out of school for exceptional purposes? Also it’s pretty selfish imo to take your kid out of school just for a damn wedding.
I’m also very driven by methods to make the earth more organic, sustainable and cleaner but as we all know it’s difficult .At the same time I’m not going to announce to the world that I’m cleaning the local beach of plastic more or less everyday or limiting my vehicle drive days, or conserving energy by switching off lights or using solar, or walking to the shops. These people who want media attention just because they think they’ve earned it are just part of the problem. End of rant.
They are from Sommerset and they play in a Band... Tells you everything you need to know.
Of course, but they just wanted to take the trip didn’t they.To be honest that sounds like a quality trip. I'd love to have the free time to do something similar. Good for them
Of course, but they just wanted to take the trip didn’t they.
Everything else about it is just so they can laud over their pals what wonderful human beings they are. 24,000 miles via bus/boat probably has a bit of a carbon footprint as well.
In my opinion, it’s a load of self-promoting nonsense and we shouldn’t encourage it. We should encourage people doing stuff that can inspire other people on a day to day level. Who else is gonna be able to afford the time/money to emulate this? Ian Wright maybe.
Just my opinion, disagree if you like.
Oh I’m sure they’re nice people. There are loads of nice people who love a bit of self-indulgent codswallop. Most people are heavily nuanced.Crikey - what a way to run your life.
Looking at a story of a few paragraphs and making all sorts of assumptions on some fellow human beings.
Nice
I’m wondering if the parents actually got permission to take their kid out of school for 4 months? I thought in the UK you could only take your kid out of school for exceptional purposes? Also it’s pretty selfish imo to take your kid out of school just for a damn wedding.