Summary
From Land's End to John O'Groats, some hell for leather, others much more sedately
GERTRUDE Leather, who sounds suitably thick-skinned, but by all accounts was a very nice lady, travelled in 1954 by 17 local buses from Land's End to London. Fares' fair, it set her back [pounds]1 19s 6d.See the full content of this document
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Gadfly - End-to-Enders
The following year, having recovered, she went by service bus from London to John O'Groats - 25 buses, no booking, [pounds]4 5s 9d the lot.
Mrs Leather's book about it all is recalled by Bill Taylor - Bishop Auckland lad, long in Canada - following last week's note on bus pass pilgrimages.The book's called Home Wit...See the full content of this document
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