An escaping octopus, invisible trains, ancient Adidas and selfie benches. The travel news is in.
Go Inky!
An octopus from New Zealand’s National Aquarium has made a dash for freedom by escaping from his tank and exiting down a drain leading to the sea.
As many adventurers know, it takes guts making the leap to leave your home and venture into the unknown. Godspeed on your adventure Inky.
You can read more about this great escape here: Theguardian.com
Selfie bench
Ah, the ‘selfie’, a word of our epoch. The council in Porthcawl, Wales claim to have installed the first selfie bench. This genius attempt to style out the misplacing of a couple of benches that should face the sea but instead face the road is sure to catch on.
Coming soon to a viewpoint near you: telegraph.co.uk
1,500 year-old Adidas wearing mummy
A 1,500 year-old mummy has been discovered up in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains wearing what appears to be a pair of Adidas trainers. The well crafted footwear features a design that resembles the brand’s three stripe emblem. Time travel conspiracies have ensued all over the internet, either way she was certainly ahead of her time.
Want some ancient style inspiration? iflscience.com
Japan’s invisible train
The Japanese rail company the Seibu Group has commissioned the architect Kazuyo Sejima to design a new state of the art train for its 100th anniversary. The idea pitched is for a mirror covered vehicle that will blend in with the surrounding landscape. This bullet train will not be unlike the invisible Aston Martin from the James Bond Film Die Another Day.
Read more here: lonelyplanet.com/news
Sean Conway hits the 1000 mile mark
We have been living vicariously through Sean Conway’s latest adventure to cycle, swim and run the entire coast of Britain in a 3000+ mile ultra triathlon. Well he has just hit the 1000 mile mark on his bamboo bicycle and will be in Liverpool this weekend attending events.
For live updates on his adventure: discoveryuk.com/make-your-world-bigger/goseango/