A Tabloid Tour
The Wye Valley is one of the most lovely districts in England, especially between Ross and Chepstow, immediately below which it joins the Severn. The following is the sug- gested itinerary :- London
to n afford, 15 miles ; Aylesbury, 234 ; Bicester, 101 ; Banbury, 15 ; Stratford-on-Avon, 20 ; Evesham, 141 ; Worcester, 15 9 • Great Malvern, 81 ; Ledbury . ; Boss. 121 ; Wilton, 1; Goodrich. 4; Symonds' Yat, 31 ; Whitehurch, 14 ; Monmouth, 41 ; Redbrook, 21; Llandago, 5 ; Tintern, 3i ; Chepstow, ; Gloucester, 281 ; Northleach, 201 ; Witney, 191. ; • Oxford, I ; High Wycombe, 25 ; Uxbridge, 14 ; London, 15. Total, 3071 miles.
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST.
Banbury.—The Cross : many old houses. Stratford-on-Avon.—Needs a book to itself. One mile west is Ann Hathaway's cottage. Woreester.--Eleventh-century crypt in Cho noble Cathedral. Great Malverm—Woreestershire Beacon (1,395 ft. high) ; British camp.
Ledbury.-- Many fine old half-timbered houses and quaint market house. The Wye Valley.-- -Superb scenery, full of surprises and never the same for more than a hundred yards. Symonds' Yat is the best spot on the river. Interesting eaves—Lady Park and King Arthur's Hall. Twelfth•uentury ruins of Tintern Abbey.
Gloucester.---The Cathedral is in some parts the actual church! of St. Peter, built. in the eleventh century. Oxford.—The UniverAty with its famous buildings and the twenty-four colleges.
• * * 4 The Motoring Editor will be glad to answer questions or draw up itineraries for readers.
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