blood. He lost his left eye, and two days after the operation he went to get another photo. He didn’t get it until the following year, and he showed them to us, and while he was taking the last the tawny owl dashed at the hide and knocked the camera over! … zac zwl zph
Wednesday 12th
… I gave MFW a list of reasons for being an Atheist, we [he?] didn’t say anything about it. We read through part of the play. After callover [roll call] I sat outside the window looking at a perfect sky. zfr zrl zth zds
Thursday 13th
A fine morning, but windy and clouded by 4 o’clock. … zwr
JTC—we did a tactical exercise which constituted getting fairly muddy and wet crawling about the headland. Not bad fun. … zct
Friday 14th
… A fairly wettish day. No hockey, instead we went out in sections of seven and had to get back to the Bay untouched by the defenders. Very good fun. I got caught 10 yds. from the door. We had another voluntary go. I was about ten yards ahead being chased by W and did an almighty slide for about 10ft. on my bottom, rather painful and I was caught. zwr zct zac
Saturday 15th
… Cruickshank asked me to take up bird watching seriously, as after the summer all the experts will have left. I decided I would, and Wood said he would too. It will be very good fun. zfr zwl
Sunday 16th
… off to Mr. Candler for Breakfast … A terrific head-on offshore wind, I had to walk a lot, and there was driving rain … good breakfast, then Butler and I shot at starlings with an antiquated air-gun. He killed one, I removed a few tail feathers. We then pruned an apple tree and I cut a dead one down. Quite fun. … ztc zwr zwp zwl zsu
After tea I went along to Baker’s Folly with Cruickshank where he had seen some Gannets. Rather fun, they dived into the water from flying with a terrific splash, like the Spitfire last term. zfr zwl zwc
