Sharp diary 1918 page 245. Friday 30 August 1918 - Meadows of Dan
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Friday 30th of August 1918
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Have breakfast early so as to be ready to start, but of course Hilton does not make his appearance until 9.30 — two hours late! In the meanwhile we call upon Mrs Debart & say good bye to her. Hilton is a first-rate driver, the best we have struck as yet in the mountains and excites admiration by the skilful way with which he negotiates those awful rocks going down. The result of his skill was that we got down with comparatively few tremors, but only just in time, arriving at the station 3 minutes before 12. However the train didn’t start till 12.30 so we had time to get our tickets, checks etc. We got lunch at Martinsville whither we arrived at 2 p.m. and later our dinner also, going to the Movies in between whiles to kill time! We caught 7.30 train (45 min[utes] late of course) for Winston Salem making friends with a Mr Chadwick on the way. We smelt W[inston] S[alem] about 8 miles away — tobacco & molasses! — It is one of the largest tobacco manufacturing places in U.S.A.! I had an acute attack of asthma on getting out of the train and could only walk to the hotel with the greatest difficulty and in slow stages.Location
USA : Viginia : Meadows of Dan [0,0]
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