Julia Hailes MBE

Sustainability Pioneer

Tourism & Holidays

I love electric bikes (Jun19)

Sailing through the countryside. Exploring hidden routes. Getting some much needed exercise…  It’s wonderful.   The strange thing is that when I say that I’ve taken up electric bikes, one

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Behind the Scenes in Paradise (Feb17)

I’m hoping that my eco-footprint, on our luxury holiday staying at the Six Senses Hotel, Zil Payson, in the Seychelles – is considerably less than other guests! How so?  It comes

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Venice is sinking (Mar16)

It felt apocalyptic.  Exceptional flood levels. Sandbags.  Elevated planks to walk along. St Mark’s Square underwater and a deluge.  But I discovered that this was not very unusual.  And, it’s

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Walking into Slovenia (Jul11)

We walked over the mountains from Italy into Slovenia.   At the top the view was blue – we could see mountain ridges into the distance. No-one else was there.  We

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