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Wednesday
Quiet most of the day on our front. Dull showery, cold weather. Have been up in town today.
Thursday
Same as yesterday.
Friday
This morning I went up the trenches. Some of the names of the trenches might not to be forgotten, so I'll describe my walk. After passing along the subsidiary line sometimes through slush & mud, I came to Quality St. Now this street suggests only one quality, that of straightness. It is a straight communication trench with no parapet so that one is exposed to enfilade fire from the bosh & to be seen quite plainly by the sniper, but that small inconvenience was remedied when we turned into Willow walk. This trench winds along a deep drain with an occasional willow growing nearby. Battered dug outs front it with even a suggestion of a residential area, till some blundering 5 inch shell intrudes and spoils the idyllic scene,