weevil-burrowed

Updated: September 13, 2025

The reward of my four-mile detour is a cup of sloppy tea and a few weevil-burrowed biscuits, as the best the refreshment-room can produce on short notice. The dense mist moves across the country in big banks, between which are patches of comparatively decent atmosphere.

Thomas Stevens - Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II : From Teheran To Yokohama