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25.1.16
Today has been the coldest day I have ever felt. A very keen wind blowing in from the Sea, & rain off & on all day.
We marched out about 5 miles to Matarieh. Also visited the Aerodrome & saw a few aeroplanes on the ground.
Played Cricket & Football in the afternoon to try & get warm, but it was no good.
R Josephson visited me later on in the Evening.
Camel Corps leaving Race-Course Camp for destination unknown.
26.1.16
Another bleak & cold day but came out sunny in the middle of the Day.
We marched out to the First observation Post, & saw for the first time, what trench life is like.
Imagine acres & acres of Desert all cut up into hundreds of Trenches & all sandbagged in. We went right through the trenches & looked at all the Dug-outs & Bombproof Shelters.
It is impossible for you to realise how these Trenches are built when you get down in them, it is like a