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the roads are closed in & compressed by the hedges which rise above you on either side while the approach to Chorlderton is through an immense avenue of high trees. The country is flat with one big hill where view is superb. The old church at Amesbury musty with damp & aged columns 15 ft square & dead above & below was interesting whilst the view from the stone bridge looking up the avenue was picturesque. On return I was dead beat had a warm bath & lay in my overcoat for 1¼ hours & got flu.
6-10-18
Went into hospital this morning temp 102.6 & remained here on starvation diet called subsistence till 16-10-18.
16-10-18
Without being allowed I get out of bed & walk round the room as is usual & was ordered to get up & go to Clive House - a convalescent home where one has nothing to do but eat & go for walks & get strong.
20-10-18
Went for long walk the word with Cotton a friend who has invited me to Bournemouth if leave is granted.
21-10-18
Went on long walk delightful woods where above the trees are all the tints of autumn leaves & below there is a carpet of the same below while the straight branchless trunks look unreal. The blackberries are in profusion & very ripe. I left the beaten track & rambled for hours thro these woods where the sky is never seen & the growth is luxuriant. The rides in the woods are always overhung & the trees on either side meet in the centre & tho underfoot ground is wet one will forgive much inconvenience for