Motor Tours in Wales & the Border Counties

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Motor Tours in Wales & the Border Counties, by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell, Illustrated by R. De S. Stawell

VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY.
MOTOR TOURS IN WALES & THE BORDER COUNTIES
By Mrs. Rodolph Stawell
With Photographs by R. De S. Stawell
BOSTON L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 1909

Much of the material of this book has appeared in the Car Illustrated , and is here reproduced by the kind consent of Lord Montagu.

There was once a tramp who said—“Och, now, it’s true what I’m tellin’ ye; I never got a bit o’ good out o’ me life till I took to the road!”
He was quite serious about it. He was a nice tramp, with a fine sense of romance and a large trust in the future, and on this first day of the tour his words ring in my head above the rush of the wind and the throbbing of the engine. For though all the days will be good, this first day is surely the best. To be on the road again; to have one’s luggage behind one and all the world in front; to watch the villages slipping by and mark their changing character; to saunter through strange towns and swing across great, desolate moorlands; to pause at some attractive inn, or eat sand wiches and sunshine by the wayside—this is the first day. History and the camera must wait; the first day must be given up to the sheer joy of the road.