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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

May 11th - Trains, Planes and Automobiles

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

The Independent

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture

3.6628 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Travelling abroad is one thing, but currently getting from one end of the country to the other is a challenge, as Britains train networks are in chaos, Simon brings us the very latest. Green Day is on the way, but what does that actually mean? British Airways issues a warning. Simon Calder, the Independents travel correspondent brings you his daily bulletin on the latest goings on in the world of travel. Sign up now for Simons weekly bulletin at independent.co.uk/newsletter and you can get all the latest news 24hrs a day at Independent.co.uk. Subscribe now to get this bulletin daily. 

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0:00.0

At Cabri, we know everything in life is better shared.

0:03.5

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0:10.6

So, who will you take?

0:12.3

We're taking Zara from school because she knows everything about pop stars and wants to meet them.

0:18.1

With days out at Madam Two Sores London, Alton Towers and more.

0:22.3

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0:25.1

Visit fun.cabri.com.com.

0:26.2

UK for teas and season booking information.

0:32.1

Hello, it's Tuesday, the 11th of May, and here's the very latest on travel and destinations from the Green List.

0:39.6

Today, I'm talking about British Airways' bizarre warning to holidaymakers from the 17th of

0:45.2

May. Yes, that's Green Day, that it will still be illegal to travel for leisure.

0:51.3

Talking of next Monday, your vaccine passport will be ready if you've been

0:56.2

lucky enough to be jabbed, but how exactly? And the pain of the train. What's going on with those

1:02.9

high-speed services to and from London? Now, this podcast is completely free, but if you want to

1:10.0

support us, please subscribe to my new

1:12.3

weekly travel email. Simon called us Travel Week, which is also free and packed with money

1:18.6

saving insider tips. You can do that at independent.com.uk slash newsletters.

1:28.0

So six days before the government's 19 week ban on international travel is lifted,

1:35.5

British Airways has just told me that if I travel from Heathrow to Faroe on that day,

1:41.3

I will be breaking the law if I am not going abroad for legally permitted reasons.

1:47.2

This does not include holidays, BA tells me, and I'm also got to complete a declaration to travel

1:53.5

form, even though I'm sure those are going to be abolished after Sunday. And it's an offence to

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