Got away for a bath this morning and obtained change of underclothes and towel, for which thanks be to Allah. Great hullabaloo over the bacon being boiled to rags this morning; the O.C. blew the cooks up a great; in fact they got into hot water all round – an element they should be fairly used to. As for me, I raked out a lot of scraps with my fourchette and quite enjoyed them. The gun we salvaged yesterday was nothing but a barrel and axle of a 4.5 howitzer yet it is worth £500. That gives an idea of the cost of the implements of war. Each shell of a light field gun costs a couple of pounds. The amount of stuff that can be salvaged is colossal and they’re always at it.
Walk March 