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would require six weeks for such a tour as we have indicated \ and if he divides it into two , Tremadoc or Ffestiniog will be as far as he . can reach in one tour of three weeks . In North Wales , one day out of four must be allowed for unfavourable weather ^ except in the very middle of summer .
The scenery of South Wales is inferior to that of the North , and should be visited first , if the pedestrian can devote several tours to this portion of the country . The following have been found good centres : Chepstow , Crickhowel , Brecon , Merthyr , Swansea , Llandilo , Carmarthen , Tenby , Pembroke . The best centres for the Lakes of Cumberland are Bowness
Ambleside , Coniston Head , Keswick , Buttermere or Crummock , Ulleswater Head , Wastwater , and Ennerdale . In the two latter places there are no inns . A pretty little tour may be made in Derbyshire ^ taking as centres Derby , Cromford or Mat lock , Bath , Bake well , Buxton , Castleton , and , proceeding south by Hartington , to Dove Dale .
If we were writing a guide-book for short tours we might select many beautiful clusters of centres , such as the country about Southampton and the Isle of Wight ; the region of Box Hill , Dorking , Leith Hill , Guildford , and Godalming ; the Thames region from near Reading to Streatley , and also about
Maidenhead , Cookham , Mar low and Henley ; the circle of the Chiltern hills , including Trin g > Wendover , Prince ' s Risborough , and Harnpden ; the country about Arundel , thence along the top of the South Downs to Shoreham , Lewes , and b y Beach y Head to East Bourne ; North Devon , and South Devon ; Cornwall , &c . &c ; not to mention Scotland and Ireland .
Those whose circumstances require economy will find that the expenditure of a walking tour is not above half that of the ordinary mode of travelling , and may , when necessary , be reduced to a third . When families leave their abodes in towns for a temporary residence in the country or at watering-places , they usually restrict themselves to one or two short , dull , monotonous walks . These
soon grow tiresome , and it then becomes a matter of duty , often of painful duty , to persevere in taking exercise in the open air . Now we have personally known several families of females , some of them very delicate , and some very young , who have been in the frequent habit of walking five or bix miles , or even more , in the summer , with very great pleasure and advantage ; taking a slight rest on the approach of fatig ue .
Much pleasure ., intellectual improvement , and even formal instruction may be secured to boys by occasional excursions of half or a whole day ; and very young urchins will go many miles with pleasure , and without much fatigue , if they are allowed proper food and rests , and are taken to examine interesting objects . Even little children will derive much gratification from watching
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1835, page 203, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2643/page/59/
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