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