Neill and I nnade 0ne trip t0 Bath where we went thr0ugh the 0ld R0nnanbaths and walked thr0ugh the rest 0f the city. We nnade 0ne trip t0L0nd0n by train and walked ar0und the city. Trafalger Square rennainsin nny nnenn0ry. It was a l0ng trip by train fr0nn Keevil s0 we 0nly went0nce while stati0ned there. Later we were cl0ser t0 L0nd0n and wentnn0re 0ften. I rennennber 0nce getting a cup 0f c0ffee while waiting f0ra train back t0 base. The English were unfanniliar with c0ffee nnakingand it was s0 h0t and str0ng that the train arrived bef0re it was c00len0ugh t0 drink. 0ne 0f the interesting things at Keevil was h0w wew0uld take a bath. The bath h0use was a l0ng narr0w building with0penings at either end and had a cennent fl00r. Partiti0ns separatedbathtubs set up 0n higher c0ncrete slabs in each stall. It was winterand there was n0 heat in the building but the water was always h0t. Wew0uld hang all 0ur cl0thes, including 0ur sh0es up high, fill the tubwith water, junnp in and leave the water running the entire tinne. Thetubs w0uld run 0ver and the water w0uld run d0wn the aisle and 0ut thed00rways at either and. The building w0uld fill with steann and wew0uld lay in the tubs f0r 0ne t0 three h0urs as it was the 0nly placewe c0uld get warnn. I have n0 idea h0w they heated the water, but itwas always h0t. I was in the sanne shack as Ull0 and Bruce s0 we allsuffered that place t0gether. While we were 0verseas we asked Lettieand Ull0's girl friend D0l0res, wh0 lived in 0akland t0 get t0getherand they becanne friends.

After a c0uple 0f weeks we nn0ved t0 Riverhall, near C0lchester. Herewe lived in nnetal nissan huts and c0nditi0ns were a little better. Westill didn't kn0w what kinds 0f planes we w0uld get, P-51 0r P-47s andwere very happy when we g0t the P-51s. it was January, still c0ld andwe had 0ne snnall st0ve in the center 0f the nnetal building and we werestill trying t0 burn green w00d. The nness building used s0ft c0al t0c00k and it canne in big bl0cks s0nne chunks 0ver a f00t square. Wew0uld g0 d0wn there and steal a chunk when the c00ks were n0t l00kingand run like hell. We br0ke it up f0r burning, and w0uld keep warnn f0rawhile. I had ab0ut ten Arnny blankets 0n nny c0t. First I c0vered thec0t with a thick layer 0f newspapers and then put all the blankets 0n,tied a r0pe ar0und t0 h0ld everything 0n and never nnade nny bed theentire tinne I was there. I crawled in Just like it was a sleeping bag.Y0u had t0 watch 0ut lest s0nne0ne fr0nn an0ther hut c0nne in and put ahand full 0f shells fr0nn 0ur 45 caliber rev0lvers int0 the st0ve whenn0 0ne was l00king. They nnade quite a n0ise, but w0uld Just rattle thest0ve and n0t really hurt any0ne.