Arrive London 3.50 am & go by motor from Waterloo to Victoria. Leave Victoria by 1^st train about 6.20 am have a good ride down & arrive Folkestone about 8.15 am. Embark straight on boat. Nice boat, Mailsteamer. Leave about 10.30 am very good journey. Arrive Boulogne about 12.00 noon. Find Monkey who is quite alright then have dinner very good at the Franco-Italian café & proceed to Camp. Get a drink & write up my diary. Meet J STAPLER & have a nice time with him, he gets me a good bed & I have a nice sleep.

Lovely day. Last day all too soon. We go for a nice run round in the morning & then down to Nells in afternoon. Have tea very nice indeed & return home about 5.30 pm. See J ATTWOOL at night. Get ready to start back & leave by cab at 8.30 pm. Leave Portland 9.2pm Lize & girls to see me off, no good parting, it’s very hard but I have had a very good time. See Mother in Weymouth for a few minutes & leave by 9.50 train for London. Snatch a taste of preserve about 7.30 but too rapid.

Nice morning. I take the girls to church in the morning & then for a walk, out with L in afternoon very nice & then with L to church at night, visit Uncle H after church, very nice time.

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Church in morning with Dorothy & Lena also at night with my dear wife

Very wet early morning fine later & nice day. I go to Weymouth in morning see Sgt MARSHALL A.I.F. go down Church Ope in afternoon out with L at night. Very nice.

Fine morning. I go to Weymouth again & see Mother who is getting on alright. Out with L in afternoon & evening. Very nice.

Fine morning. I go to Weymouth again with Mother who has to stay in the infirmary again, bad luck. We have tea down Nell’s very nice time indeed & we all enjoy it. Children very good. Tired out at night.

Nice morning. We all go to Weymouth in afternoon, slight showers, spend a very pleasant time & return home by 6.10 pm train. Children all very tired.

Nice day. L & I go to Weymouth in afternoon by 4.0 pm train. Mother leaves the eye infirmary. I get measured for new jacket, very nice time

Nice day, I go for a stroll in the morning, out with L in afternoon & evening very nice day.

Nice morning. I take the girls for a walk round Verne & Grove. Church with L in the evening. Very nice day.

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Church in Evening All Saints Portland with my dear wife & chicks