Fine morning but very misty. I get packed up & go up to join Bttn after dinner arrive at Quarry HQtrs about 4.0 pm, get a bit of a shack but not much sleep, too cold. Fairly quiet night.
Monthly Archives: January 2018
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
Monday 28 January Le Havre
Fine day, spend the day loafing about, visit the A.S.C. Bakery mess at night & see young Hawton. Receive orders to pde [parade] at 9.30 pm for going away. March to the Stn & entrain in Truck. Leave Havre about 2.0 am, very cold & miserable. I lay down & try to sleep but its no good.
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
Jan 24 HOME
Fine morning. I go out.
Jan 23 HOME
Dull damp morning. I go out for a walk. Also in afternoon have a fine ramble down Church Hope and out over Chine. Go to rehearsal at night “My Turn Next” Very good.
Jan 22 HOME
Fine morning, Bert & I go for a nice walk. Mama & I go out in the afternoon. I go & see Bert off at night. Visit theatre see Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves. Fair.
Jan 21 HOME
Fine day. Mama & I go for a walk in the afternoon, have a nice time. Go to Lodge at night with Bert & occupy (?) chair for a short time.