A Greener Ride

A few years ago when I cycled up and around Scotland from my home in Wales, UK I was (or certainly became) conscious of a few environmental issues, such as deforestation, which felt beyond my control, and recycling, which was within my control.

Cycling and camping each day meant I was constantly buying food and generally only for a meal at a time; no bulk-buying with potentially less packaging. With each purchase from a supermarket (or heaven forbid, a takeaway) there would be some packaging to dispose of, from a plastic milk carton for my daily doses of porridge, to “paper” sandwich cartons.  [Continue Reading...]