1 Saturday 27th Oct 17 My dear Daddy I was delighted to get your grand
long letter last evening even if there is
no news. I am very glad that Bernie
got an extension of his leave. I am not yet near Garrettt and I do
not know when we are to move yet. I was out all day long yesterday on
a working party and it rained in torrents
the whole time so we were like
drowned rats when we got back. This is a lovely fine day but a
bit frosty. Of course we are getting
well on towards winter now as it is
almost November. We have got a great number of
new officers just lately from all
sorts of places including one transferred
from A.S.C. This is a splendid village where we 2 can get absolutely anything we want
and the people are awfully good to
us. It is not a bit knocked about
and you would never know there
was a war on at all. I do not think it is any harm to
say that we had some soldiers of
another nation attached to yo us
in the trenches for instruction. It was
very amusing because they could not
speak our language and we could
not speak theirs. Will you please send out
the recipe for potato cakes because
we have got a very good cook
and I am sure he could make them. There seems to have been another
big advance at Ypes yesterday
No news at all and I will
write soon again. With best love
Your most affec Son
Willie