Jeptha Homer Wade Travel Journals: Germany July 18 to October 16, 1914Main MenuAbout this TranscriptionThe Travel Journals of Jeptha Homer Wade II (1857-1926) Germany & the UK July 18, 1914 to October 16, 1914A verbatim description of a handwritten travel journal created by Jeptha Homer Wade (1857-1926) in MS. 3292 The Jeptha Homer Wade Family Papers, the Cleveland History Center, Cleveland, OhioPage 01: July 18, 1914Page 09: July 31-August 1, 1914Page 48: August 31-September 1, 1914Page 77: September 30-October 1, 1914Motor Trip, Cont: Farnham, Aldershot, and Frith HillHolly M. Witchey19088b74475107330529d28176d24cbcb2b99ec0
12016-07-08T12:30:57-07:00Page 66: September 24-25, 19145Motor Trip, Cont: Lydney, Forest of Dean, and Blakeney.google_maps2016-08-11T12:15:10-07:0051.79, -2.5451.76125, -2.4763651.7286, -2.5285We pass 6 or 7 Ford cars every day more than all English makes put together At Monmouth square were 6 cars of which 5 were Fords + 1 Studebaker. Have never seen so many Mountain Ash + Thorn trees + all in very full berry. Quantities of blackberries now getting ripe The hillsides or Wales in the higher parts are covered with Heather just past and Gorse in full bloom. Roads are mostly lined with thorn hedges now being trimmed The ferns are being cut + dried probably for bedding. Sept 25 From Chepstow to Lydney + then turned left into the Forest of Dean Soon had our 8 flat tire in 7 days. Found forest unint. + got back to main road at Blakeney + had rolling pretty country to