ROAD TRAVEL AT HOME.
REVIVAL OF COACHING. MOTORS INSTEAD OF HORSES. May 14. Road-travel in England will enjoy its own again, is the opinion of firms who are working night and day. to cope with the demand for motor-coach conveyances for the Whitsuntide holidays. The coal strike only partly accounts for the boom. Last summer proved the popularity of the motor-coach for people not pressed for time, and motor firms declare that a new era of travel has begun, and that the motor-horn will soon be heard in the highways and byways as was the coach-horn in the prerail era.
Trains have the advantage of speed, but travelling by rail is the worst way to see the country. The motor-coach is cheaper, and is capable .of 20 miles an hour on good roads, including stope. . On many routes daily time-tables are working from the principal cities. The travellers see the countryside and breathe the fresh air. The comforts of this form of travel include Pullman armchairs and protection from the weather. Already a road Bradshaw has made its appearance, and tours to the southwest counties from London are wellestablished. Now Manchester announces services to London and tours to Cornwall.
Other revolutions are likely to follow in the wake of the motor-coach. Stoppages for meals and accommodation promise to revive the historic glories of the decaying roadside inns.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1921, Page 7
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227ROAD TRAVEL AT HOME. Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1921, Page 7
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