Zero Altitude: How I Learned to Fly Less and Travel More

The sky is aglow with marmalade streaks and my eyes swim with unbidden tears that splinter the light into 1,000 kaleidoscopic colours.

I can already sense a slow change deep within me – each day brings more punishing humility, yes, but more respect for what my body and mind are capable of. Buried beneath all my nonsense lies something that I am only just starting to make out: a steel cable of stoicism that can withstand much more than I give myself credit for.

‘The use of fully electric aircraft carrying more than 100 passengers appears unlikely within the next 30 years or longer,’ according to McKinsey’s analysis.

But it’s one thing knowing and quite another believing. The progress is so slow, it reminds me of watching the hour hand of a clock; you know it must be moving, because eventually it will be pointing at a whole other number, but you can’t ever really see it happening. So it is with walking. The time feels endless and elastic, drawn out like a wad o

Greendestinations.org has a list of the 100 top destinations that are working hard to balance local needs with tourism to create something mutually beneficial.

Sandra tells me that her grandmother lived in the same house for her whole life – and in that time lived in seven different countries.

The dance of gunmetal waves

Disconnecting from the everyday stresses of life while embracing peace and solitude and reconnecting with the beauty of nature – and, of course, yourself – is something that holds a broad appeal that appears to transcend the Christian tradition these days;

when just 10 per cent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will be adopted by the majority of society.