Item 06: Letters sent by Robert Christian Wilson to his family, 1918-April 1919 - Page 26
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it would just about set home off now then. This pen is simply putrid and my ingers are all over ink so I think I'll get a pencil. Now I can write a bit easier. That tablet ink seems to clog up the pen.
We are in most beautiful country here, camped on sandyloam hills and there is beautiful grass every where with Jhonquills growing wild all through it. It will be a regular fairy land in a month or two. We have not had any rain for over ten days - just clear sunny days and cold nights and I have gone back to wearing my shorts and puttees again. That reminds me: will you please ask Mother to send me a couple of silk shirts again this year. I have still got my last year ones and wear them under my shirt, but I wont be able to wear them on their own when it gets hot as they are wearing out and also I cut the sleaves out of them on the big stunt in order to lighten my gear a bit.
I think we are to be in this camp for the winter and we are all getting ready for a big sports meeting and training hard. We are being issued with more tucker that we can eat and have skipping, jumping and