Rick and George's Traincation diary
Archive record
- Original URL
- globalcool.org/entertainment/rick-and-georges-traincation-diary
- Section
- Entertainment
- Published
- 2010-03-29
- Written from
- Wayback Machine capture of 2012-03-03
A photo and video diary of a flight-free trip to Barcelona, published under the original site's Traincation campaign. The presenters Rick Edwards and George Lamb travelled from St Pancras to Paris, crossed the city on foot to catch the overnight service to Spain, and shared a sleeper cabin on the way south.
The page was structured as a numbered set of steps rather than an article: the departure from St Pancras, the dash across Paris, the night train itself, and a shopping trip after arrival in Barcelona. Captioned photographs carried most of the content, written in a joking register at the two travellers' expense. A panel headed "Join the Club" invited readers to plan a rail holiday of their own.
The point being made was straightforward, and the page made it by demonstration rather than argument: a European city break did not require a flight, and the journey could be part of the holiday. English Wikipedia cites this address in its article on Rick Edwards.