Fine morning, strong wind. I give the runners another good doing, go up to camp at night & have a straight talk with the Adjt [Adjutant] about my leave.
Aug 25 St. CATHERINE
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Aug 24 St. CATHERINE
Fine morning very strong wind. I give the runners a good doing, morning & afternoon, visit Bttn at night & see SM DENTON, learn that QMS FRAZER has got a months leave, very fair, I don’t think. Sgt MANN from Hospt.
Aug 23 St. CATHERINE
Fine morning I visit Bttn but am sent back again to look after runners. Good afternoons work. Write at night to L. Rather heavy shower about 9.30pm. CSM LYON gets his commission & goes to 14th Bttn.
Aug 22
9.30am Parade ready to march to stn arriving there about 10.15am. Train leaves 11.0am. Very comfy 1st Class. Arrive ARRAS 5.25pm & get back alright but tired & weary. Good sleep.
Aug 21 EN ROUTE
Arrive London 3.50 am & go by motor from Waterloo to Victoria. Leave Victoria by 1st 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.
Aug 20 HOME
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.
Aug 19 HOME
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
Aug 18 HOME
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.
Aug 17 HOME
Fine morning. I go to Weymouth again & see Mother who is getting on alright. Out with L in afternoon & evening. Very nice.
Aug 16 HOME
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.