What is the name of your Blog?slow travel
What is your name?
Ed Gillespie
Where are you from? (include country, state and/or city)
London, UK
What is your current age or age range?
35
Please describe your blog
A round the world trip without flying! Employing every mode of transport available and revelling in the slow movement through landscape, culture, people and language rather than just passing over it all in an aluminium sausage! This blog is all about the joy of slow and low carbon travel
Describe the main purpose of your blogging, what are you trying to accomplish?
Inspire people to travel differently, help to tackle climate change, entertain and inform
What blogging platform do you do and why?
Blogger - because it is simple
What do you blog the most about?
Travel
What kind of blogs make you angry?
Right wing political rants
Give five of your best blogging tips.
1. keep it brief 2. keep it punchy 3. be witty 4. include live links 5. respond to comments
What are some things you would NEVER blog about?
incest
Did you start blogging for the purpose of making money and if so, are you making enough money?
No and no
How long have you been blogging?
seven months
About how many hours per day do you spend blogging?
30 minutes
Do you track RSS feeds and if so, how many do you usually track daily?
no
Do you use Digg, and why or why not?
no, don't know what it is
Do you use Stumbleupon, and why or why not?
no, don't know what it is
What promotional techniques work best for you and why?
word of mouth and my newspaper column as it reaches a lot of readers
If you could post a blog on any blog in the world, which one would it be and why?
Huffington Post - huge audience reach
What mistakes have you made that you could warn others about?
Don't be too defensive
What are your top five blogging site picks and why?
I don't really read other blogs
Have you met anyone offline as a result of your blog?
Yes, several people usually fellow travellers
What is the url of your blog?
slow travel
