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[7th Oct. contd]
for Convalescent Camp & dressings. Rain clearing but very windy. At night L/C Davis of 4th Batt & self went for a walk to Etaples but got very dark early. not a very pretty town. Got some peaches & pears which went well. Slept OK.
Monday 8th
At 10 am about 400 of us convalescent were dispatched to Etaples Railway Station for entraining to Convalescent Camp. I was not feeling at all well as the cold had developed into an attack of bronchitis & I found breathing difficult. About 3 pm we arrived at Junction of Noyelles where we changed on to the light railway & passing St Valery we eventually arrived at Cayeau where the convalescent Camp is. Motors met us at the station & soon we were at No 5 Con. Camp Cayeau-sur-mer. We passed the historic river Somme en route.
By the time we arrived at Camp it was raining hard & we were soon wet. Tea over we were shown our Camp but a wait of some 45 minutes in bitterly cold wind & rain did not improved us & we were drenched. We billet in tents nine to a tent and I spent the worst night for a long time tonight. It blew & rained all night & water dripped on us. This was