Using only buses and coaches, a man has begun his international journey to Poland.
The 47-year-old Andrew Cowell set out on his 1,148-mile (1,847-km) journey from his home in Derby on Wednesday morning, intending to reach Krakow on Friday night.
He has already traversed England for hundreds of miles using the government's $2 bus fare cap program.
He claimed that this trip would be different from previous ones and that it would help him lessen his carbon footprint.
Seven different buses, according to Mr. Cowell, will take him into central London to begin his journey.
He was going to travel to France on a long-distance coach on Thursday.
He would make a three-hour stop in Paris before boarding a different coach for the 21 and a half-hour trip to Krakow.
According to Mr. Cowell, he had never taken an overnight coach trip before.
"I'm actually using it for a practical reason—I have a walking vacation planned in Slovakia.
I'm going on vacation anyhow, and it cuts down on some flight emissions, he added.
Mr. Cowell claimed that using the government bus program would reduce the cost of his trip to London from £65 to just $14.
He claimed that he was taking a small backpack on the trip and packing only what he would need.
Similar to his other journeys, he hoped to encourage others to commute via public transportation.
I simply want people to take action that lessens traffic congestion and benefits the environment, the man said.
