Saturday, October 8, 1831
1831
October
Saturday 8
Out at 8 35/.. 3/4 hour to
see the chine waterfalls 35 feet, and a little of the village – Pretty and picturesque
– Breakfast at 9 20/.. Milk and sand eels – Rain from 8 3/4 –
Off at 10 1/2 – Brading Harbour
very pretty – Brading nice, good little village – Nice old church – Pretty drive
from Shanklin to Ryde, 10 miles. Pretty
immediately about Ryde – Some pretty gentlemen’s cottages –
Stopt at the house on the
Pier at 12 – Asleep on the sofa till 2 3/4 – Asleep as we drove along – The milk
had done this – I must go back to tea –
Fairer about 1 1/2 – But
still damp and small rainy –
Out on the pier at 2 3/4 –
3/4 mile long – Intelligent sailor – Not to see the dockyard at Portsmouth on
Wednesday or Saturday because the workmen not employed those days –
Ryde beautiful from the pier
–
Off at 3 40/.. Raining, but
fair in about 1/2 hour – Turn off from Newport at 5 10/.. – Drove through the
park of Norris Castle, cross the ferry at 6 in 5 minutes, and at the Fountain Inn
again at 6 10/.. –
Tea at 6 40/.. Kept the things,
and reading today’s Times till 8 50/.. –
WYAS Finding Number SH/ML/TR/11/0016
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