Tuesday 28th
Very windy. I went along to Splash Point in the break—lovely, I just got hit once, the spray was very beautiful. We had a lecture on 3 in. mortars in the afternoon—interesting. … zwr zwk zct zwp
War fierce, but weather slowing up the Germans. zru zlb zwr
Friday 31st
… Blitz in latin—I just got over half marks. zsw
November
Saturday 1st
… After supper I played ping-pong and darts, and then dissected a tommy gun in Wood i’s room with his brother and RJC (and him). I doubt if it will ever work again. There was a debate, ‘This house prefers to know the worst’, which I did not attend, as it seems such a silly subject. zgn zwp zdb
Sunday 2nd
… A very very good sermon by an Indian, Mr. Singha, calling for no more party politics, real planning with minding the cost, and for colour equality (see Russia, though he did not). zrl zra zpn zep
Monday 3rd
Grey, rather cold day. Great excitement during first 2 periods, a sloop anchored beyond Towan Head, and signalled. I got part of the message, but missed about 10% of the letters. I got this RAET LTCAINE IEPS CTPNEIEEI EN DGRE LCIU EIE or IEEN NE.—Some sort of repetition, allowing for mistakes—it was hard to see the light in the bright sun. … zwr zsg
After 2 30 min. preps there was a flick—propaganda for the bible, the good samaritan etc. on the screen. Father moralising to son who wasn’t going to take bible when joining RAF. … zrl zfm zpg
