This document is a transcript of a travel journal written by Sidney Thornton in 1872.

Sidney was a grocer in Stroud and it was unusual at the time for someone of his class to embark on such a journey. He and his wife of 20 years, Ann, left their eight children with a nursemaid and servant while they went away with their friends, Mr and Mrs Morgan, to Switzerland for the Summer.

The journal details every aspect of their journey, from times travelled to the costs of meals, and bed and board at the various guest houses, and the special treatment afforded to English travellers at some destinations.

Spelling errors, and names of places mentioned have remained as they are in the original, and only minor alterations have been made to the text.

Thanks to Bill Jones for the illustrations.

May 29, 2020

Wednesday August 21st, 1872

May 29, 2020/ Museum Park

Wednesday, Aug 21st Hotel Belle Vue, this is the time for a visit to Switzerland, staid at the Hotel, untill after dinner, went into the garden and vineyards attached, and caught butterflies after had a walk through the village of Chardonne-sur-Vevay about 1 mile, then walked up the road about two miles, this road is for 50 miles, all the way to Bern, the only protection is blocks of granite, about as high out of the ground as a mile stone, but square with smooth sides and the top round, which forms stools for the people to rest on. The vines, apple, pear and walnut trees especially are loaded with abundance of fruit, all up this road as far as we went the view from here is very pretty, and the evening very pleasant, back to Hotel for the night.

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The Travel Journal of Sidney Thornton

This document is a transcript of a travel journal written by Sidney Thornton in 1872.

Sidney was a grocer in Stroud and it was unusual at the time for someone of his class to embark on such a journey. He and his wife of 20 years, Ann, left their eight children with a nursemaid and servant while they went away with their friends, Mr and Mrs Morgan, to Switzerland for the Summer.

The journal details every aspect of their journey, from times travelled to the costs of meals, and bed and board at the various guest houses, and the special treatment afforded to English travellers at some destinations.

Spelling errors, and names of places mentioned have remained as they are in the original, and only minor alterations have been made to the text.

Thanks to Bill Jones for the illustrations.

Wednesday August 21st, 1872

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The Travel Journal of Sidney Thornton

This document is a transcript of a travel journal written by Sidney Thornton in 1872.

Sidney was a grocer in Stroud and it was unusual at the time for someone of his class to embark on such a journey. He and his wife of 20 years, Ann, left their eight children with a nursemaid and servant while they went away with their friends, Mr and Mrs Morgan, to Switzerland for the Summer.

The journal details every aspect of their journey, from times travelled to the costs of meals, and bed and board at the various guest houses, and the special treatment afforded to English travellers at some destinations.

Spelling errors, and names of places mentioned have remained as they are in the original, and only minor alterations have been made to the text.

Thanks to Bill Jones for the illustrations.

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Museum in the Park
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Gloucestershire
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Our ‘What3Words’ location: ///amounting.embarks.rebounder