Sharp diary 1918 page 162. Saturday 8 June 1918 - Blue Ridge Springs
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Saturday 8th of June 1918
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Weather quite cold when we get up at 6 a.m. and I put on my coat — but not waistcoat. Catch the usual 7 a.m. train for Dewey and walk on to Mrs Donald’s again. Get some songs from her but not nearly such good ones as on Thursday. Then after eating our lunch in the woods to the Lawson Grays. I photograph the family and they sing some more songs. Mrs Gray strongly advises us to go & see Mrs Gross, her mother, who lives 2_ miles up the side of the mountain; and then walk over the mountain back to Blue Ridge. Unhappily our luck is against us. We find Mrs Gross’s house but she is out! Then we fail to get any clear directions and go 2 or 3 miles out of our way going down the mountain on the wrong side and having to toil up again! I got terribly tired but Maud stood it fairly well. We must have walked 9 or 10 miles from Mrs Lawson Gray’s, i.e. 12 or 13 miles altogether and most of it pretty rough travelling. Got a few songs from Mrs Rhoda Gray who lives with Mrs Julia Gray, Lawson’s mother, near Mrs Gross’s house. Go to bed early having secured extra blankets!Location
USA : West Viginia : Blue Ridge Springs [0,0]
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