The Blind Roadmaker - John Metcalfe 1717-1810 (38)

1. Why did people like John Metcalfe to guide them at night?

He knew the ground so well that he could feel where he was by listening to the horses' hoofs and so it made no difference whether it was night or day.

2. Yorkshire

3. How did John Metcalfe know where to go?

He could feel the road with his stick