Fine morning very cold. Cross country run at 3.0 pm. Very cold and misty. Teams of 40 per Coy. Distance of run about 2 ½ miles. Pte HIGHAM B Coy wins easily. B Coy Winners, A Coy 2nd. Start on leave at 5.30 pm & get a lift in Motor to St. MAXENT & wait there until 8.30 pm when we leave by Lorry for HANGES arriving there at 11.30 pm after a very tedious journey during which the driver loses his way twice.
The diary of Regimental Sergeant Major George Beck
First World War diaries 100 years from when they were written during campaigns on the Western Front
