Sharp diary 1918 page 266. Friday 20 September 1918 - Burnsville
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Friday 20th of September 1918
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The rain that began with the thunderstorm last night went on the whole of the day. In the morning I wrote out the Mine fork tunes and then tackled our correspondence writing 9 letters to Feakins, Miss Hazelthorn, Mrs McGregor, Miss Jenny Moore, Sonneck, Mark Cross, Putnam, Glenn etc. After tea we felt we could not stay in and waste a whole day, so we put on our Mackintosh’s and started out to find Mrs Beatrice[?] whom Mrs Bailey told us knew the words of Giles Collins. After some difficulty in hitting the trail we ran her down and found her an old lady more or less dotty with absolutely no memory and no recollection whatever of the song we wanted. So we had our 4 mile trudge for nothing. I never went through worse mud. It was practically impassable. This country in wet weather is just impossible to get about in. It turned very cool in the afternoon and we literally shivered round the fire in the evening. Had an important letter from Constance enclosing my Morning Post Article & two letters from Mr Vaughan Williams which will need careful answering. Go to bed feeling very miserable & cold.Location
USA : North Carolina : Burnsville [35.9173357,-82.300961]
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