Motoring aboard . e surroundings changed very rapidlyand an hour before dark we found ourselves inthe thickly settled section of the south side of thecity. Here the vehicles, including a countlessnumber of huge motor busses, were very numer-ous and we had to watch closely to avoid col-lisions because of our intuitive disposition toturn to the right instead of to the left in passingteams, although we were surprised to see howeasily we had dropped into the English custom. We came into the city over the Old Kent Road,turning later into the New Kent Road and fol- 146 Srritial at Jfolfeesitone lowi
Motoring aboard . e surroundings changed very rapidlyand an hour before dark we found ourselves inthe thickly settled section of the south side of thecity. Here the vehicles, including a countlessnumber of huge motor busses, were very numer-ous and we had to watch closely to avoid col-lisions because of our intuitive disposition toturn to the right instead of to the left in passingteams, although we were surprised to see howeasily we had dropped into the English custom. We came into the city over the Old Kent Road,turning later into the New Kent Road and fol- 146 Srritial at Jfolfeesitone lowing that to the London Road which enters thefamous Blackfriars Road at its *top, as theysay in London. Once on that road we had astraight stretch to the Blackfriars Bridge acrossthe Thames. As soon as we had crossed it werecognized our surroundings and turned into theVictoria Embankment, following it down pastthe great clubs and public buildings to North-umberland Avenue, and the portal of the Metro-pole Hotel. 147. Cfjajjter JCfjirteen Cnsltsii) iHotor Clulis; anbEoab i$lap2; Cfiapter tKfjirteen Cnglfef) iWotor Clubsf anb Eoab JWapsf THE two days we spent in London weremost agreeable ones, but here as in Paris,because of the dense traffic on the streets,we preferred to use public conveyances aboutthe city rather than our own car. I called upon Mr. J. W. Orde, Secretary of theAutomobile Club of Great Britain, to express mythanks for the assistance he had rendered meand the courtesies he and the Club had extended. We also visited the Touring Department whichthe Club maintains at 16 Downs Street for thebenefit of visiting motorists and members of theClub. We found there several courteous andpainstaking officials who gave us all the timenecessary to discuss our proposed trip in Eng-land, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. They alsogave us a vast amount of information and valu-able suggestions. They supplied us with all ofthe maps needed and apparently took a keen,personal interest in our
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