Can’t we just go for a beach holiday again?” chimed my daughters, Tara and Emma, in unison. Their cries were joined by the unconvinced weight of mum’s stare at the decision to swap our annual Easter holiday in the Canaries for a more sustainable Parisian city break. The pressure was on the French capital to deliver a greener break, but also a family-pleasing one.
Rather than fighting through airport crowds we travelled more sustainably by train from Edinburgh. First, a bed on the Caledonian Sleeper – which you can jump on from all over Scotland – overnight to London Euston. Within an hour of arriving, we were gliding off on Eurostar.
