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the town. The church proved to be a very fine building with a splendid tower. Some of the windows were really beautiful quite as good as any I have seen in France so far. We stayed awhile & listened to the service the singing sounded beautiful. Later we visited a few of the shops, bought some odds & ends, sampled their beere & met Parisian Bock which we had not seen since we left this area 12 months ago. On our return to our billet which was once a pigstye divided by a partition we found the other Sgts in a joyful mood which developed into a series of raids until about 11.30 P.M. The partition dividing us into two parties was the origin of the affair & it took a long time next morning to sort out our different belongings, blankets puttees & clothing being mixed up together, altogether a pleasant evening. Hop picking is in full swing in the neighbourhood the first time I had actually witnessed it.