Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/154 - The Way to Tipperary

by : $154$

 * The Way to Tipperary
 * The popular bard assures us that "it's a long way to Tipperary."
 * Look at the accompanying chart and see if you can discover the best way from London to "the sweetest girl I know."
 * The lines represent stages from town to town, and it is necessary to get from London to Tipperary in an even number of stages.
 * You will find no difficulty getting there in $3$, $5$, $7$, $9$ or $11$ stages,
 * but these are odd numbers and will not do.


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 * The reason that they are odd is that they all omit the sea passage, a very necessary stage.
 * If you get to your destination in an even number of stages, it will be because you have crossed the Irish Sea.
 * ''Which stage is the Irish Sea?