The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30

coming.
Wheelmen and wheelwomen going
over next year, would do well to take
their wheels along with them as part
OF their baggage. Cycling through Eu-
rope Nthe continenD may not be an at
tractive item in the program of a
flying" tourist however profitabIe and
enjoyable it may be for the leisurely
traveller. But a tour on the wheel
through Great Britain and Ireland,
where the distances are short and
everybody speaks your mother tongue,
would be an ideal way to see "Anglo-
Saxony," to steal new title for Vic
toria's kingdom from our friend. Mr..
Dooley of Chicago. The roads every
where are as level and smooth as the
| most fastidious cyclist could desire, for
bodybuilding is not in it's infancy as
| a practiced science on the other side
as 1t is with US in America The coun-
try inns and taverns which are to be
met with every half dozen miles in all
sections of the kingdom, are the coolest
imaginable, and the entertainment
provided for man and beast" or as
it has come to be in these degenerate
days, for man and wheel" leaves
nothing to be desired. The motherly
and buxom landladies, who usually run
those taverns, are treasures in them
selves; they are painstaking and solic-
itous in the interests of their guests
and they know, as a rule, what consti-
tutes a good table. Above all, they
have consciences; the practice of ex-
tortion upon their patrons they leave
entirely to their hotel brethren of the
cities. When one leaves the dun
Cow" or the Horse and Wagon" or
the white Swan" he will find in his
pocketbook enough money to take him
at least through the next town.
The cyclist bound for a European
tour would do well to land at Queens
town instead Of going on to Liverpool.
After day or two spent enjoying the
scenery around Queenstown, Cork and
Barney he should next go to Killarney.
Ninety per cent Of the tourists, at this
point in their travels, make the mistake
of going from Cork to Killarney, via
Mallow over the Great Southern and
Western railroad. BY taking this route
they pass through a most uninteresting
country and the ride Of so miles is
monotonous and tiresome. The way to
go to Killarney from Cork is by the So
called Prince of Wales route" The dis
| lance Is more than double than by rail,
| but one will never regret his choice as
| Macroom, Inchageela, Gougane Barra
| (where the river Lee has it's source),
| Glengariffe and then along the shores
| of Bantry bay looking out over the
| great Atlantic, as he skins over cliffs
| hundreds of feet in the air and no land
| nearer to him than the shores of his
1 own America!
Then he rounds the headlands anj
| going towards the interior his way lies
! through delightful stretch of coun-
try as he approaches and passes
| through Kenmare. The next dozen miles
l finds him revelling in Natures bright.
| est adjoining; he is breathing Killarney
air laden in summer and autumn with
/ the fragrance of the wild arbutus
which in this eden of the west" grows
i wild and free as the grass itself Oul
| cyclist will find plenty to occupy hin
at Killarney for three or four days, al
least, and il he be armed with a cam
era, temptations to use it will be fell
| every quarter of an hour.
I Leaving Killarney. the wheelmar
4 should spend day or two visiting the
cliffs of Moher, Lisdoonvarna, the Sara.
toga of Ireland, and Galway, "the city
| of the tribes" Wheeling eastward hi
reaches Dublin, and from there he goe:
| south again for a brief spin through
Wicklow with its Vale Of Avoca ant
| Glen Of the Downs, and Valley of The
Seven Churches. Then north once more
towards Belfast and a short ride be
yond to the wonderful Giants Cause
way, and he will have covered as much
of Erin's Isle as he can spare time fol
from his limited vacation.
Over to Scotland in a fast steamer
across the twenty miles of sea that Ii,
between Larne and Stranaar. II HI
has not time to go UP to the highlands
he can pedal through Glasgow, one o.
the most thriving and go-ahead cite.
in the old world, and then on to Edin.
burgh, whose castle and whose Prin
ces street are as interesting min.
Cling of the ancient and the modern a.
one could wish to see, or, as one can Sc,
anywhere, except, perhaps, at Rome
Coming "over the border" the wheel
man can come down through England
by two routes. He can ride dowr
through the eastern countries to Lon.
don, or he can take the western ant
midland route. He had better choos,
:, the latter. II will take him through
Z the Cumberland. lake district. the fines
in England, and through the cities o,
Preston and Carlisle to Liverpool, tn,
/ greatest Ehlnninar 90 a