Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20
SWIFT AMERICANS
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nlUNI5H LUNDUH
DO ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
IN TWO WEEKS
Travel In mobIles--Prosrams Of
Tours show No Time 10 Wasted
Lolterlna by the Way
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LONDON, May 19,-To rush through
England and Scotland in a hired auto.
mobile IL this years favorite method
Of the swiftly moving American visitor
who has but a fortnight to spend see-
ing the interesting places Of the old
country after perhaps a two days rush
around London. Orders for automobiles
In large numbers are being placed with
various firms. The usual period for
which q car is hired is fortnight. and
the average price for car to seat four
besides the driver is $3.50 a week.
The visitors fly through the counties
as fancy dictates, spending perhaps
three days in the south, two in Wales,
fve days in the midlands and north,
and couple of days in Scotland before
dashing back to London again. A re-
cent trip of four Americans who wanted
to cover England and Scotland in two
weeks gives an idea of how visitors
spend their holidays.
Log Of One Fast Tour
The party was at Bristol. An auto
mobile went down from London and
picked them up and conveyed them to
Lands End. A day was spent at
Lands End. Then they began their
journey northward.
Here are some of the places they
visited: Bodmin, Launceston, Bristol,
Gloucester. Stratford, Birmingham.
Preston, Carlisle. Edinburgh. John o
Groats.. From north Scotland they
came back to London and the whole
of the time the automobile was oc-
cupied was two days short of a fort
night. The actual cost of the car was
$780,
You may guess no time was wasted.
For instance, at Exeter there was a
stop of three hours to go over the ca
thedral and have lunch Then on
again Stoppages varied from a day
at Stratford to a half hour in an in
teresting village
Seeing London From All Sides
Those who want to see London in
two days do it with systematic rush
that would leave the average British
visitor breathless. AS a rule the two
days are scheduled out beforehand. The
little party of three or four sweeps out
from one of the large west end hotels
after breakfast, and dashes into the
days program with the set purpose of
those who are face to face with an
arduous but inevitable duty, and there's
no denying they thoroughly enjoy it.
They want to see as many sides of
London as they can, and in pursuit of
that they sometimes start out before
breakfast. Here is the program for a
day of one party: Seven o'clocf1k a.
M, Covent Garden market: 8. break
fast; Q, st. James park and Bucking-
ham palace; 9:45, Apsley house; 10, ON
nibus ride along Pccadilly: 1920. walk
down ST. James street to st. James
palace: 1880, walk through Pail Mall
to see clubs; H. Westminster abbey and
the houses of parliament; 1915 p. M,
tower of London; Las, lunch at Chesh-
ire Cheese in Fleet street: 8. omnibus
ride to Whitechapel and walk through
Petticoat lane; 4. Bank of England and
Mansion house; 5, British museum; Z,
dinner at hotel; 8, theater; 11:3O, to
bed.
Americans who have not been here
before form strong likes and dislikes
at once. 1t is evident they like the
panoramic advantages of a seat on top
of an omnibus, but they were filled with
disgust at the slowness of the horses
and the frequent stops. They greatly
admire the London policeman. A real
gentleman" they call him. The "leis-
ureliness" of the people in the streets
amuses them. There's no leisureliness
about the visitors