Go to Google maps - it will tell you in miles or km. heartseas wrote: > I would like to knwo how far it is in miles / Ks. When I received the email > saying it was too far for him to travel, I was a bit amused. > People do not realise how far the early settlers in Australia walked in "the > olden" days > Best Wishes from > Marie > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

That would depend very much on the terrain and the time of year. Australia is a diverse country with large stretches of normally dry flat-ish land; when it does rain some of it is completely impassable. In this part of England in 1780's the land is not flat, has no proper roads, is normally damp, has many streams and rivers to cross without proper bridges. Where there were roads they were messed up in wet weather by horses, carts and cattle/sheep drovers. On the other hand they would not have been eaten by crocodiles or bitten but spiders and would not have had to deal with snakes (I am tempted to say 'at least until they reached Bristol'). Philip Maddocks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Chambers" <anne.chambers@bigpond.com> To: <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:39 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Clark research > Go to Google maps - it will tell you in miles or km. > > heartseas wrote: >> I would like to knwo how far it is in miles / Ks. When I received the >> email >> saying it was too far for him to travel, I was a bit amused. >> People do not realise how far the early settlers in Australia walked in >> "the >> olden" days >> Best Wishes from >> Marie >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It's about 30 miles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Chambers" <anne.chambers@bigpond.com> To: <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:39 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Clark research > Go to Google maps - it will tell you in miles or km. > > heartseas wrote: >> I would like to knwo how far it is in miles / Ks. When I received >> the email >> saying it was too far for him to travel, I was a bit amused. >> People do not realise how far the early settlers in Australia >> walked in "the >> olden" days >> Best Wishes from >> Marie >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message