Item 03: John Duncan McRae diary, 10 February-6 May 1917 - Page 35

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Mch 14

"Bull Ring" again especially bayonet exercises & open order work as under shell & musketry fire.

Mch 15-16

"Bull Ring" & guard

Mch 17

Usual Saturday's route march in morning. Walked with Les Dimond & his friend to Orcheston in afternoon & there we bought a couple of bags of fancy biscuits & sat down on the roadside & shared them with three wee boys whom we met there. We had tea in Shrewton & strolled back early in the evening.

Mch 18

Church Parade in the morning. After dinner I went alone for a stroll across the hills. The afternoon was glorious. The sun forgot his bashfulness, and ventured once more to brighten the hills with his brightness. Gloominess was ushered from the landscape & the very grass of the fields & wayside & the trees of the valleys showed their gladness in their faces. How could