BRITAIN'S VISITORS ADOPTING CARAVAN METHOD OF TRAVEL

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6672, 27 July 1928, Page 7

BRITAIN'S VISITORS ADOPTING CARAVAN METHOD OF TRAVEL

ALL PARTS OP COUNTRY MADB ACCESSIBLE BY-FBEE-AND . EASY SYSTEM. : . ■ LONDON. • Some Americans visiting England ’ are this, .yearadopting a new mcthol of seeing *tW country. Instead of following tho. customary beaten paths they are forming Caravan parties an! going where they please. Within th< past few years the motor caravan has been greatly developed in England. It is now a comfortable little' honrie on wheels, fitted with , all conveniences and easy to drive. Caravans , arc of all. kinds and sizes, from small trailers that can be attached to an ordinary car to largo self-contained vehicles haying accommodation for a Considerable party." And Americans have, not been slpw in discovering the advantage they give, over the "ordinary methods of , travel inland. All l English roads are good, hng( sums being, continually spent ■in widoiling them;' and making them bottet suited for motors. Caravaning may not bn the whole, be cheaper than hotel! , and it is or not depends upon the caravaners—but it ha* a freedom and an, attraction that . makes a wide appeal. If so desired, the caravan may meet you.at the ship side " and you climb into' the vehicle, start up the engine, and roll off whither yon will. No time-table need bo kept, there are no fixed points to bother about, you stop/whenever and wherever you, feel inclined. In short, you go off on your nourncy in the real explorer’s spirit, and it is Americans- - imbued with this spirit who arc taking •to the caravan. - One great thing in favour of this ; mode of travel is that 4t provides the .. best means of seeing what is wprth seeing in England in a.' reasonable ’ space of time. The prettiest /village* arid many of the loveliest beauty lie away froni the crowded highways; ibut by. motor caravan they are easily ( accessible/ , ". .' „ . ' , Camping for tho night is a simple r matter. If no roadside pitch be available farmers are always- willing to . allow the caravan to stay for the night in one of their meadows, and food supplies in the shape fresh butter, milk, eggs, etc., are obtainable from the farmhouses. . . Some parties are taking in Davtmoor and other stretches of Devon and Cornwall. Others are going through Wales, the Lake district, and into Scotland, As the caravans arc only hired, they can be picked np, at any place arranged and left at any S point. Having served their purposes, they may he discarded at will, and travellers ean> if they so choosey continne their ,+jur by any of the more sophisticated routes. Doing England hy this'method is a style of travel that American, visitors arc only now begin,ning to adopt, but it has so Many attractions that it seems likely, to in-, crease vastly in popularity. - .