Wednesday 30 January

until 6.0 am. Fine morning but very cold. I get some coffee and buns but feel miserable. Leave ETAPLES at 8.15 am, nice carriage, arrive St. POL mid-day. Leave again about 2.30 pm  Arrive AGNEZ-LES-DUISANS about 5.0 pm. Walk from there to RONVILLE arrive about 6.30 pm very tired & fed up. Get warned to go up to Bttn tomorrow. Turn in & have a good sleep.

Tuesday 29 January

Fine morning we arrive ROUEN about 8.0 am & march to Rest Camp. I get a pass from 10.0 am & go out  to see Bennett, Hill etc, spend a pleasant time & return to camp about 2.0 pm. March to Stn & leave about 5.0 pm, nice carriage only 4 of us in. Get to ABBEVILLE about 1.0 am ETAPLES about 2.30 am but are allowed to stay in the train

Sunday 27 January

Have a good voyage over, except for one slight shock about midnight, when they thought a sub was sighted. Arrive Havre about 1.0 am but don’t get off until about 8.0 & march to No 2 Rest Camp, where we get told off to sheds & prepare to stay. Lovely day but we are not allowed out. Turn in about 10.0 pm.

Saturday 26 January Home

Fine morning. I go out & say Goodbye to all my friends. Walk down to the stn with Mama & the girls. Leave by 1.30pm from Portland. Leave Weymouth 2.10 pm & have a nice journey to SHampton arriving about 5.0 pm. Have tea in a restaurant then go aboard the S.S. MONAS QUEEN. Not many furlo men aboard, but about 1,000 U.S.A. Repair? Unit. Leave SHampton about 7.30 pm. I get a bunk on board & turn in about 10.0 pm