St. Helen's

We came across this house at St. Helen's, the second such of the holiday, the first being just below the southern end of Sandown High Street. Certainly brightens the place up. In this case, I think there was some reason, inscribed on the wall, but I forget what it was.

St. Helen's also boasted a good second-hand bookshop with interesting stock, but showing signs of being overwhelmed by stock, with a lot of it piled on the floor or in boxes. We made several purchases, certainly including a new-to-me but old Everyman edition of War & Peace, having been irritated the the translation of the vernacular in the new translation at home. A 1958 reprint of an 1886 translation; oddly, a translation which has sold many copies over the years, but which is anonymous. Maybe google knows

Next door tea & cake shop closed, but we found we could still buy same in the Post Office cum corner shop across the way. All very quaint.

PS: telephone struggling with the focus here. Perhaps the depth of focus needed to get a good snap here was beyond it. Or perhaps I was not holding it right.

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