Went to B207 for a walk and stayed until about 8.30 ? came back on their bogie.

Saw Thomas (Westbury) he is now L.Cpl. Had a swim in the St Quentin Canal. It was beautiful. One train up to-day.

Walked to Frise for the post etc, and to take down the letters going away.

Went to B107 for rations. It was hot. B107 is about 7 miles from here.

Very quiet all day. Had a walk in evening around some of the villages.

Beautiful weather now, but very little doing on the line. A few Taubes over early this morning.

Had a ‘scrounge’ around disused dug-outs for chairs etc. Found a good chair-stool-table-hammer and sword*. About 5 Taubes over in afternoon.

*The researcher for Michael Portillo’s programme asked me if we still had the sword. Unfortunately I had to tell her that it didn’t find its way home – and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Leonard hadn’t sold it to someone more or less immediately.

One tractor up to-day. Capt. with our pay. I drew 20 Francs. More Taubes about to-day.

Went for a walk to Clery and had good look around the ruins. It is badly battered about, all the houses shelled to the ground.

The following additional information is from Martin Farebrother:

Cléry is north of the Somme confirming the previous comments about location, but also showing that the (B) line north of the Somme was still open.

A few Taubes over during night, but did no damage here.