RAMBLERS AND MOTORISTS
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Last Friday I took a walk over the Downs from Lewes to Brighton. After tramping a few miles I saw a motor-car in the distance, and judging by the antics of those in the car I should imagine that someone was being instructed in the art of driving. Surely there must be plenty of other places to try their skill at driving.
Again, when nearing Ditchling Beacon I found two cars parked on the top of the Downs, and one could see the dirty, thick oil which had run out of the engines over the grass. We ramblers have not many places now-a-days where we can tramp without the sight and smell of cars—and it seems wrong that the motorist should invade our few remaining spots of interest and safety. It is not the hiker or rambler who leaves the places untidy with litter after a meal. We usually travel light, and have no superfluous food, bottles and paper to leave about to disfigure the landscape. Surely it would be better for the health of the motorist to " park " his car somewhere on the roadway (if he and his fellow-passengers wish to invade the top of the downs to see the beauties of the surrounding country) and do a little tramping on foot.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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