1 10242/1/804 Cooden Camp,
Bexhill,
Sussex. 1.viii.16 Dear Mother I'm afraid I've been awfully
bad about writing - of course
we don't get a huge amount of
time, but still I can't really con-
scientious plead that, I'm afraid.
That change here is doing me
more good than I could have believed,
it's just the fact of being occupied.
There's certainly no doubt that
mind reacts on body — there
at Levem I was simply lounging
about the whole day wondering 2 what on earth to do next,
here though we are certainly
far from overworked and have
really plenty of leisure time.
Still there's never any question
of Loco to pass time and the
improvement is really astonishing. I had a topping weekend this
time there hadn't been time to
arrange to meet Wieslan so when
I got to London I went down
to Richmond and got there just
in time for tea — they were all
awfully nice and offered to put
me up. — Veronica came down
in the evening and we had a
grand time on the river after
supper — then Veronica got an afternoon off on Sunday and
after tea we went out again.
It was angrand day — very hot
and altogether it was great. I am so glad you & Father like
the idea of a trip to London Richmond.
I do hope it will be managed all
right — I wonder when it will be. How splendid if the mines are
really taken over — I do hope Father
has opened the Gov. pocket wide
enough — it seems to be very elastic
in such matters if only it's pulled
hard enough. Please give my thanks for Em
& Win for their topping letters,
how grand having the Aunts at
the Cottage. I have been writing to Wieslan . 3 if only his car was running
we'd have no difficulty in meeting
but as it is the train service is
so rotten that though we're only
30 & 40 miles apart it takes nearly
the whole day to get from one place
to another: Wieslan has applied
for a temporary transfer to the
Flying Corps. I wonder will
he have any luck. I'm glad the stamp arrived from
Gamage and that its allright. I can't say that the work here is
very interesting but it is a very long
way better than nothing. We have a very good lecturer. Now goodbye, Much love to all
C.W.W. Charles. 4 Mrs. A.A.Wynne,
The Cottage,
Glendalough,
Co.Wicklow. 5