Fine morning, feel rather stiff in back & legs, have another ride to GAMACHES, enjoy it very well. Sun quite warm. NCOs parade at 2.0 pm. Coy Drill. Good hours work. Saw Red Rocket 6^th time.

Fine morning. I go for a ride from 10 –12 noon, get on quite alright & enjoy it, feel rather stiff. NCOs Parade at 2.0pm. Platoon Drill. Fine afternoon. Drums play at 4.0pm. POSTE returns from leave. Wet again at night.

Showery morning. Parade 8.0 am. For Div. Parade (Presentation of Medals). Time of parade 11.30 am. March to St. MAXEUL & arrive there about 9 .0 pm. [?am] Stay about ½ hour and then march on to parade ground. Stand on parade 2 hours very cold & wet, everybody fed up. March back about 12.10 pm arrive Tours about 1.40 pm. Wet night.

Wet morning & afternoon. Coys do a little training. Inspection of Draft by C.O. & M.O. NCO’s Platoon Drill 2.0 pm. Rain starts again about 2.45 pm & I dismiss. Very wet night.

Wet morning. Ct. Martial of Sgnt. RICHARDSON at REBAULT-MESNIL 10.00 am. Draft of 250 arrive 1.45 pm. I do guard on the Estaminet for Madame, not a good job & I slide out. Have a nice fresh herring for supper, very nice indeed.

Fine morning. Church parade 9.45 am. High wind not much heard. Visit billets with C.O. Rest in afternoon. Vol service at 6.30 pm. Good day. Rain at night.

Fine day. Training parades. Go to ABBEVILLE about 2.30 pm. To get beer etc. for canteen. Get French beer & do lot of shopping. Nice place not so big as AMIENS. Leave 8.0 pm. Starts to rain very strong wind against us. Get drenched & arrive home 10.0 pm very tired & weary. Good sleep.

Fine morning, very cold. Coys do training. Inspection by G O C Div. About 11.30 am

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Very wet moring. Bttn parade ready to march at 8.55 am. Short march of 5 miles via GREBAULT – MESNIL –HAMICOURT. Get very wet. Fine about mid-day. Get a good billet, nice bed & nice people. Had a strafe in the morning with man at HUPPY who presented me with a bill for 11 Frs. Which he didn’t get. Nice sleep. Col FORSTER went on leave.

Fine morning, do not move. Coys do training. Quiet day. Orders finally received to move to TOURS on 2^nd inst.