A young family made travel difficult, meaning seaside holidays were a priority…but occasionally before 1914 Wynne was able to get away to do something more exotic…
You can check out some of her early journeys here, or go to the next strip and read of the family’s emigration to
By Boat to India
1898
Wynne, chaperoned by her brother Elliot, travels to India aboard the SS Egypt. They go to Marseilles to catch the boat, then through the Suez Canal.
1907 An Edwardian Picnic Outing…
An Italian Journey
1910
An Italian Journey
In the summer of 1910 Wynne travelled to Naples to meet her brother who was returning from India. They came back via Rome and Florence, but it was Pompei that really excited her…
The Italian Journey concluded… Rome, Florence, then back via Paris to London, to see Pavlova…
A second Italian Journey
Wynne travels to Venice to meet up with her brother, and they go on to Ferrara, Perugia and Rome. In this and the next section you can read three descriptive passages from the journey: The Doge’s palace, the Cathedral at Perugia and the Villa d’Este Gardens at Tivoli.
1921 Wynne and her son take to the roads, staying wherever they can find rooms, and exploring the castle-filled countryside.
A Bicycle Holiday up the Wye Valley.
The bicycle holiday concluded
1929 700 miles by car across Kenya, from the slopes of Mount Elgon to the seashore at Malindi, following some of the very recently created roads south of Nairobi.
The Kenyan safari concluded.