▁wrote : ▁ ▁" We ▁passed ▁Reading ▁& ▁at ▁ 2 ▁reached ▁Sw ind on , ▁where ▁we ▁got ▁out ▁& ▁had ▁some ▁lun che on . ▁Left ▁again ▁in ▁less ▁than ▁ ½ ▁an ▁hour , ▁& ▁passed ▁by ▁the ▁very ▁pretty ▁& ▁pictures que ▁valley ▁of ▁Str oud , ▁which ▁is ▁full ▁of ▁manufact ures ▁scattered ▁about , ▁& ▁this ▁makes ▁one ▁hardly ▁real ise , ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁manufact uring ▁district . ▁After ▁ 3 ▁we ▁reached ▁Gl ouc ester , ▁& ▁here ▁we ▁left ▁the ▁Great ▁Western ▁for ▁another ▁line . ▁The ▁Mal vern ▁Hills ▁could ▁be ▁distinct ly ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁distance . ▁We ▁stopped ▁at ▁ ½ ▁p .   4 ▁at ▁Bro oms gro ve ▁station , ▁where ▁the ▁Wor c esters hire ▁Ye oman ry , ▁with ▁Mr ▁C live , ▁their ▁Col : ▁were ▁drawn ▁up , ▁Sir ▁J . ▁Pack ington ▁& ▁L d ▁Ly tt el ton , ▁being ▁also ▁there ▁with ▁their ▁w ives , ▁& c ." ▁ ▁Later ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 ▁century ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁Golden ▁Valley ▁had ▁become ▁common : ▁▁ 1 . ▁A ▁Hand book ▁for ▁Tra v ellers ▁in ▁Gl ouc esters hire , ▁Wor c esters hire , ▁and ▁Here ford shire ▁published ▁ 1 8 6 7 ▁records ▁when ▁describing ▁the ▁rail ▁journey ▁to ▁Str oud ▁' the ▁trav eller ▁is ▁carried ▁along ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁a ▁ste ep ▁valley , ▁thick ly ▁tim ber ed , ▁whose ▁t ints