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so time passes pleasantly : warned for draft : left at 12.00 & got the train at Harfleur : plenty of snow about & a bit cold but we scrounged a stove & coal so done well : night in the train :
Feb 13th Train Thursday
Changed trains at Etaples & went on to Hondeghem :spent the night there :
Friday Feb 14th Hondeghem
up at 7.00 : walked to Hazelbrouk & caught the passenger to Dunkirk : bathed & cleaned up at the depôt & got to camp for dinner : am due to leave here with the first draft who are to leave any day now for the Base : had a stroll with Gil after tea :
Saturday Feb 15th Dunkirk to Friday Feb 28th
on time office job : showery & dull weather so couldn't get our at all :
Saturday March 1st to Thursday 6th
nothing doing : warned to leave here tomorrow for the base :
Friday March 7th Dunkirk
caught the 7.00 to Calais & then on to Amiens arriving at 15.30 : had a couple of hours in the old town which hasn't suffered as badly as the papers would lead one to believe : had a look through the cathedral : train to Rouen arriving at 23.00 : went & got a bed at an hotel :
Saturday March 8th Rouen :
had a clean up & a good feed