Item 04: M.C. Evans war diary, 4 November 1916-16 June 1917 - Page 166
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are here as we are next door to an orchard of almonds & pomegrateates. Anyhow I suspect the whole idea of Avilion was a rest cure & we are certainly getting that one, days pass in a regime something like this.
One only gets up, feeds the horses & gets breakfast. 9.30 a.m. we usually proceed by slow stages to the beach where we water the horses and bathe until lunchtime. After Lunch, literature or cribbage. 4 p.m. one waters & feeds the horses while the other cooks dinner (grilled steak, mashed vegetables, tea, toast & jam & cheese). After dinner more literature or cribbage & after a cup of tea at about 9 p.m. we usually seek our beds. What more could a man want on active service, almost in face of the enemy? However I am afraid it will blow up with a loud report soon.
20th May
Last night was, I consider the worst I have spent during the nearly three years of haphazard living which I have endured. A Khamsene was