Climate-conscious travel

Sir, – Researching the most climate-conscious travel methods to Spain recently left me disheartened.

Option A involved rail and sail to London, the Eurostar to Paris, and a train down to Barcelona, but this involved an overnight in London and Paris, due to scheduling constraints, and thus would take three days and a hefty chunk of money.

Option B involved the ferry from Rosslare to Bilbao.

Disappointingly, they do not take foot passengers, and it would cost almost €700 for one person to take the car aboard, and book a cabin for the two-night sailing.

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Infuriatingly, option C, flying, costs less than €100 return, and takes mere hours .

Not travelling to see friends and family is not an option.

The Government need to subsidise ferry travel, and create and promote climate-conscious infrastructure. – Yours, etc,

EIMEAR SCOTT,

Westport,

Co Mayo.