Gone a roamin!

We used to roam the country round within a radius of ten miles, the castles and all the forts in the neighbourhood were explored - on one coccasion three of us went over to the Isle of Wight in a small boat, after rowing for about ten miles, we landed to rest ourselves, and on returning were carried by the tide about three miles beyond our course - it was eleven oclock before we got home, and were glad to have supper.