We moan these days about travel and roadworks, what with petrol prices and the cost of motoring.
When my dad was a lad, his family used to go to the seaside for a day out. The seaside resort they used to go to was Blackpool which is about 60 miles from his home town of Oldham near manchester.
The transport they used was called a Charrabanc (like the photo above,does not look very comfortable at all) which was an open topped coach that looked very much like a big car what used to seat about 20 to 30 people.
This Charrbanc used to travel at 15 M.P.H. So that means it took 4 hours travelling time to get to blackpool. But between that the Charrabanc used to stop halfway(at Preston) for 2 hours for a break.
So this was the timetable.
6 hours to get to Blackpool (60miles)
2 Hours Stay at Blackpool
6 hours to get back from Blackpool (60 miles)
That means 14 hours for a 2 hour stay at the seaside.
The charabanc is a Daimler, almost certainly after WD service, maybe even had a civilian use before the war.
Hope this helps
Paul