This view is from the downs directly over the George III white horse chalk cutting.
Weymouth is Hardy's "Budmouth Regis"; a central location in The Trumpet Major, and important in many other novels and short stories.
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View
across Weymouth Bay, with the Isle of Portland in the gloom across the
bay.
This view is from the downs directly over the George III white horse chalk cutting. Weymouth is Hardy's "Budmouth Regis"; a central location in The Trumpet Major, and important in many other novels and short stories. |
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Isle of Portland - Hardy's "Isle of Slingers", and the main
location for The Wellbeloved. As mentioned in The Trumpet
Major, the currents off the end of the Isle of Portland are
treacherous. The Isle is made up of the limestone to which it gives
its name, and which has built many hundreds of fine buildings throughout
England.
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