International records / UK National Archives

Letter from Florence Glynn, Hotel Belle Ile, Caddinabbia, Lago de Como, Italy, to her Mother, Hon. F. Somerset

OG/CC/1107 | The Oglander Collection.PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS. | "The evenings are now cold but we are sitting before a very cosy wood fire. Last Wednesday we started early in our little boat taking our luncheon with us and Jack rowed a long way down the lake. We found a little rocky bit of shore, where we landed and had our luncheon. At Minaggio, a town on the lake, there was a fair on Tuesday, to which Jack and I went in our boat and were much amused. I wish you could see the sunsets - the mountains are tinged the brightest golden rose colour with deep purple shadows. I wonder if yo…