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W [3/6/17 Sun] Walk to Tidworth with Dave to see Cricket match. Come home & dine well. Lovely walk through the daisy fields which were like a carpet worked in flowers.
F [4/6/17 Mon] Nothin doin. Play Cricket for an Hour. I begin Training for the 100 yds Championship am no good at all & have a cold to start with as usual. Wrote Home 4 P.C's.
F [5/6/17 Tues] Go to Bath with Dave. See all the Parks & dine with a Friend at "The Old Red House". We watch the Tennis & dine again at the same place. We get a souvenir.
F [6/6/17 Wed] E. goes to S'bury. I practise at the nets for 3 hours. Am Canteen Corp. Yarn to Mac for an Hour before going to Bed. Recd letter from Jennie.
F [7/6/17 Thurs] Wrote to Jennie. Our boys win Cricket easily. Ellis & I have a run I am dreadful out of the Holes [runners used to dig small holes into which they put their feet at the start of the race – no starting blocks]
F [8/6/17 Fri] I dream of M.R.L like the "Man from Macedonia". I can not go cos have no Troos. I go to Albany wards with Krogh. Come home go for a run. Then patch pants before I go to sleep.
F [9/6/17 Sat] Glorious day. I go to S'bury Row on River alone. Go to the House for a few Hours after hearing the 15th T.B. Band in Town Hall. I have a very nice time. See the lovely Honeysuckle again all over the Porches in the Garden & Peonys & Poppies also see the spot where the Cathedral Bell Tower stood marked by the dark shade of green. Had a letter from Cyril at Southall.