Jan 29th
Dear Mother
Very many thanks for your letter of 25th written from the Parish Room. I got my rucksack yesterday, tell Dryden it is EXACTLY right, & just the buzz of the Field Force. Must write and thank her.
Gorgeous weather here, clear bright days & a hard frost, but of course it’s bitterly cold, but we manage to keep warm. Yes Dick seems to have spent very little time of his leave at home, but I expect he’ll be up often enough later on.
Today has been quite interesting. Four German aeroplanes were flying about all over our lines-
Continued the next day
