Where to Stay
The 1959 Farm Holiday Guide (Farm Holiday Guides, Paisley, 3s. 6d.) recommends a long list of farms in the British Isles offering accommoda- tion, along with caravan sites and a few more ambitious country-house hotels. Let's Halt Awhile (Andre Deutsch, 12s. 6d.) is the 1959 edition of Ashley Courtenay's guide to some 750 hotels and , inns that he has visited and personally recom- mends. bruck, Kitzbuhel or St. Johann. The minimuil cost is £32 Ils.
But coach tours cover Britain as well as Europe. Cook's and Frames are well known for their activities in these islands. Some Frames coaches start from Glasgow, Edinburgh and many Lanca- shire towns, others from Cheltenham and Brigh- ton. Scotland and Ireland are specialities of this company. They will provide an inclusive holiday at the Edinburgh Festival from August 24 to Sep- tember 12, inclusive in this case meaning rail to Edinburgh, accommodation while there, seats at certain Festival performances and coach tours to, among other places, the Trossachs and the Border Country. Charges vary with point of de- parture. From Birmingham, for example, the minimum cost is £23 Ns. 6d.
A typical Irish tour—from Dublin to Sligo, Achill Island, Galway, Blarney Castle and Glen- dalough—costs £34 for nine days. This and many similar Irish holidays are arranged by the Creative Tourist Agents Conference—a group of leading travel agents—with British Railways and the Irish Tourist Board.
Many a coach holiday has been less enjoyable than it might have been because of lack of fore- thought in packing the holiday suitcases. Even on tours of short duration several night stops are involved. Terylene or nylon or dripdry garments are useful therefore. Many continental hotels do not supply soap, nor are detergents for nylon- washing always readily available. Summer clothes and a light overcoat are all that is required. I am told it can be agonising to wear high-heeled shoes throughout a long day's drive. As in an aeroplane so in a coach—have a pair of slippers handy. Most coaches are equipped with roll-back roofs, so head and neck protection and sunglasses are necessary, especially in sunny countries in the south.
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