Jan. 15th, 2024

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All of today's Isle of Wight views are in (or near?) Shanklin, which our map card of the other day tells me is on the southest coast.
 

A "chine" (that's Shanklin Chine on the left, just above) is:
  -- a backbone, especially that of an animal as it appears in a cut of meat;
  -- a cut of meat containing all or part of the backbone; or
  -- a mountain ridge or arête.

An "arête" is term in geology for "
a sharp-crested serrate ridge separating the heads of opposing valleys (cirques) that formerly were occupied by Alpine glaciers".

Finally, the Crab Inn:


Can we infer that there are crabs to be crabbed in waters near Shanklin?
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