November was cold and dreary which is typical of the weather in England this time of year. We carried on with unit training and we were kept on our toes by never knowing when the GOC would be around to have a look at us. A big effort is being put into organizing sports. We went out on an exercise on 22 Nov 40. A switchboard was installed at Battalion Headquarters which put us in direct touch with all of the companies. An air raid on November 29th was particularly bad as bombs were dropped in the BHQ area and there was quite a lot of property damage but no casualties. The raids were a constant feature of life, especially at night, but it did not interfere with my going out to the show or to a pub. You get used to anything, this does not in any way mean that you where not acutely aware of it, just that life had to go on.
[November 14th, the city of Coventry is destroyed by 500 German bombers.]
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