Roads

Howdy,  Thought I would take some time and write a few thoughts this morning.  I am reading a book about the development of railroads in the U.K.  It is a small pocket book I picked up in Ruston, Wa. book shop.  It was printed for the Commonwealth market but some how found its way into that bookstore.  It starts out about roads in the U,K. before the coming of railroads.  In truth they didn't have any.  I find it interesting that with all the years from the beginning of time until the 20th century not one developed serviceable roads almost "they" insisted on sending it overland it was late, muddy, and much of it was unreadable. 
In one case a paper printed a notice that a club would meet each week except if the roads were too bad.  In another case Mrs. Strahorn state in here book "Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage" that she missed a train because she was stuck in a mud bog in the middle of a town along with several other wagons and couldn't get to the station. 

An old saying "you have never been stuck until yoou are stuck in a four wheel drive".  I suggest you have never been stuck until you have been stuck in a wagon with four horses.

Ah the those slower paced days of old.  Well they were slower because you couldn't go anywhere.

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