Letters to Mrs R. H. Caldwell, from her son Robert Douglas Caldwell and other soldiers, 1917-1919 - Page 53
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Last Saturday afternoon we got leave to go to Bath but when we got up to Warminster we found that they would not let us proceed by train & as car was too expensive we had to spend the afternoon there but had a good time of it, went in to a side show place & had some shooting & other sport, after tea we went to a play, had supper, came back, had another supper & went to bed well satisfied. A couple of days ago we had a bosca white frost here so it shows you it is beginning to get a bit cold. The tucker here is being cut pretty fine so that although we get enough to keep us going we generally have to have a fill at the canteen every evening. When you send a parcel next time a little sugar would be very acceptable as sugar is pretty well a minus quantity here. We have decided to go to Scotland for a day or two during our leave so as to see as much as we can but I expect we will spend most of our time in London. I am going to get a few