A Corkscrew Is Most Useful

In the early 19th century there was a huge surge forward in travel of all kinds. Queen Victoria''s accession in 1837 came barely a year after John Murray''s first guidebook was published. Then in 1838 Bradshaw''s famous portable railway timetable appeared. In 1841 Thomas Cook, the world''s first travel agent, organised its first tour (from London to Leicester and back by train). The age of mass to...