The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan
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Gordon Stables
"The Cruise of the Land-Yacht Wanderer"
"Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan"
Preface.
Chapter One.
Introductory—Written Before Starting.
Introductory—Written Before Starting.
Chapter Two.
The Caravan Itself—First Trials—Getting Horsed.
The Caravan Itself—First Trials—Getting Horsed.
Chapter Three.
First Experiences of Gipsy Life—The Trial Trip—A ThunderStorm on Maidenhead Thicket.
First Experiences of Gipsy Life—The Trial Trip—A ThunderStorm on Maidenhead Thicket.
Chapter Four.
Twyford and the Regions around it.
Twyford and the Regions around it.
Chapter Five.
A First Week’s Outing.
A First Week’s Outing.
Chapter Six.
Our Last Spring Ramble.
Our Last Spring Ramble.
Chapter Seven.
A Start for the Far North—From Reading to Warwick.
A Start for the Far North—From Reading to Warwick.
Chapter Eight.
Leamington and Warwick—A Lovely Drive—A Bit of Black Country—Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Leamington and Warwick—A Lovely Drive—A Bit of Black Country—Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Chapter Nine.
A Quiet Sunday at Lount—A Visit to a Pottery—Beeston Hall—A Broiling Day.
A Quiet Sunday at Lount—A Visit to a Pottery—Beeston Hall—A Broiling Day.
Chapter Ten.
Doncaster—Brentley—Askern—Dinner on a Yorkshire Wold.
Doncaster—Brentley—Askern—Dinner on a Yorkshire Wold.
Chapter Eleven.
A Day in the Life of a Gentleman Gipsy.
A Day in the Life of a Gentleman Gipsy.
Chapter Twelve.
At Durham—The British Miner at Home—Gosforth—Among Northumbrian Banks—Across the Tweed.
At Durham—The British Miner at Home—Gosforth—Among Northumbrian Banks—Across the Tweed.
Chapter Thirteen.
The Crew of the “Wanderer,” All Told.
The Crew of the “Wanderer,” All Told.
Chapter Fourteen.
Letters Home, after being Months on the Road.
Letters Home, after being Months on the Road.
Chapter Fifteen.
The Humours of the Road—Inn Signs—What I am Taken for—A Study of Faces—Milestones and Finger-Posts—Tramps—The Man with the Iron Mask—The Collie Dog—Gipsies’ Dogs—A Midnight Attack on the Wanderer.
The Humours of the Road—Inn Signs—What I am Taken for—A Study of Faces—Milestones and Finger-Posts—Tramps—The Man with the Iron Mask—The Collie Dog—Gipsies’ Dogs—A Midnight Attack on the Wanderer.
Chapter Sixteen.
Sunny Memories of the Border-Land.
Sunny Memories of the Border-Land.
Chapter Seventeen.
Scenes in Berwick—Border Marriages—Bonnie Ayton.
Scenes in Berwick—Border Marriages—Bonnie Ayton.
Chapter Eighteen.
The Journey to Dunbar—A Rainy Day.
The Journey to Dunbar—A Rainy Day.
Chapter Nineteen.
A Day at Pressmannan—The Fight for a Polonie Sausage—In the Haughs of Haddington—Mrs Carlile’s Grave—Genuine Hospitality.
A Day at Pressmannan—The Fight for a Polonie Sausage—In the Haughs of Haddington—Mrs Carlile’s Grave—Genuine Hospitality.
Chapter Twenty.
Edinburgh—The Fisher Folks o’ Musselboro’—Through Linlithgow to Falkirk—Gipsy-Folks.
Edinburgh—The Fisher Folks o’ Musselboro’—Through Linlithgow to Falkirk—Gipsy-Folks.
Chapter Twenty One.
Glasgow and Grief—A Pleasant Meadow—Thunderstorm at Chryston—Strange Effects—That Terrible Twelfth of August—En Route for Perth and the Grampians.
Glasgow and Grief—A Pleasant Meadow—Thunderstorm at Chryston—Strange Effects—That Terrible Twelfth of August—En Route for Perth and the Grampians.
Chapter Twenty Two.
On the High Road to the Highlands.
On the High Road to the Highlands.
Chapter Twenty Three.
Snow-Posts—A Moonlight Ramble—Dalwhinnie—A Danger Escaped—An Ugly Ascent—Inverness at Last.
Snow-Posts—A Moonlight Ramble—Dalwhinnie—A Danger Escaped—An Ugly Ascent—Inverness at Last.
Chapter Twenty Four.
Wild Flowers—A Hedgerow in July—Hedgerows in General—In Woodland and Copse—In Fields and in Moorlands.
Wild Flowers—A Hedgerow in July—Hedgerows in General—In Woodland and Copse—In Fields and in Moorlands.
Chapter Twenty Five.
A Chapter about Children—Children in Bouquets—Children by the “sad sea-wave”—sweet maudie brewer—wee dickie ellis—the miner’s sprite.
A Chapter about Children—Children in Bouquets—Children by the “sad sea-wave”—sweet maudie brewer—wee dickie ellis—the miner’s sprite.
Chapter Twenty Six.
From Inverness to London—Southward Away—The “Wanderer’s” Little Mistress—A Quiet Sabbath—A Dreary Evening at Aldbourne.
From Inverness to London—Southward Away—The “Wanderer’s” Little Mistress—A Quiet Sabbath—A Dreary Evening at Aldbourne.
Chapter Twenty Seven.
Storm-Stayed at Brighton—Along the Coast and to Lyndhurst—The New Forest—Homewards through Hants.
Storm-Stayed at Brighton—Along the Coast and to Lyndhurst—The New Forest—Homewards through Hants.
Chapter Twenty Eight.
Caravanning for Health.
Caravanning for Health.
Chapter Twenty Nine.
The Cycle as Tender to the Caravan.
The Cycle as Tender to the Caravan.
Chapter Thirty.
Hints to Would-be Caravannists.
Hints to Would-be Caravannists.
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