Sunday 29th
… In the evening the seniors were playing a game like this: on the ground they laid out straws, representing railway lines, with bottle tops for oil dumps, pennies for AA guns and a line for a secret weapon. Then they walked up with three darts and dropped them like bombs. They totally destroyed it. … zgn
October
Wednesday 2nd
A letter from Mommy in the morning, shrapnel on flat’s roof. She is now driving about London finding bombed people. [People rendered homeless by the bombing needed clothing etc. and had to be dissuaded from entering their damaged homes.] … After tea Wood and I went along the head. There was a lovely cave which the water rushed in with a lovely bang. … zwp zfl zar zfr zwk
Thursday 3rd
… After lunch a notice went up saying FREE DAY !!! Wood and I went and explored the caves which we saw yesterday. A low Spring Tide, so they were about 18 ft. from sea level. zfr zwk
Then we went up into a cut-out of rock. There was a 20ft climb, which took us 25 minutes. At first it was easy up 9ft along, then you found you couldn’t get back. Up to find rocky earth. Along. No hand holds, three foot holds, all of which eventually flaked off. I dug a hole in the earth and after about 15 mins, got my chest on the ground and my foothold gave way. I got up, but it was even difficulter for Mart with fewer footholds. In the end I helped him up with my hand. Good fun! zfr zwk zdg
Sunday 6th
When I woke up there was a terrific wind and quite a good sea. … As soon as Wood got back from choir practice we put on our macs and went out. It was raining a little and there was still quite a good wind. First we went to Splash Point [our name for a blowhole not far from the hotel, where big waves sent water spouting 40 foot high], and stood on a rock as low as we dared. Then an enormous wave came, and we zwr zfr zwk
