We go to a shed just covered with canvas & have to wait there for the train which is timed to leave at 5.25 am. It is very cold and we walk about all night. About 8.0 am we get some rum & coffee which bucks us up a bit. Train arrives at 11.30 am (6 hours late). I meet at HANGEST J PETHARD of Stratford-on- Avon. We get a good seat in train 1^st Class carriage with SM LEWIS 5^th Aus Div Arty, SM LOUCH RGA, SM NOBLE 1 / 2 Monmouths & Sgnt MARSHALL 5^th Aus Div TM Batt. Train ride is a very long & tedious journey, but warm.