R.A.F Walk from Poland to Spremburg (Germany) A small paragraph from the diary I kept:
Day 4
Didn’t get much sleep last night.... actually about half an hour. At midnight I got to sleep in -28 degrees Celsius temperatures in an old barn with no doors or windows. 20 minutes later I woke up with a layer of snow covering me. Since I’m small my sleeping bag was not effective on me warmth wise- not good. I spent the rest of the night shivering and finally got to sleep for 10 minutes at 5:45 AM. It was 5:55 AM when I woke up, being shouted at to get up by the rest of the cadets. I had ‘over-slept’ and had 5 minutes to re-pack my Burgan (extremely heavy backpack) and pack my camp cot and get dressed. Aaaaahhhhh! Stressed! I got dressed in my sleeping bag and put my boots and socks on. I got out of the camp cot and the worst muscle ache I have ever had hit me. My feet also hurt from yesterday’s 22 mile walk and were tender. How was I going to cope with today’s walk? I carried on and packed, just in time... We had breakfast but I didn’t want much. I went with mum to get my feet taped up. I had serious doubts about today. My feet killed and my muscles were a wreck. Not fair. We soon set off on the dreaded 23 mile day. We started off by having a parade and revealing a remembrance stone. We then set off. We walked in a mild -8 degrees (compared to yesterday’s –28 degrees)... Anyway, we walked to a catholic church where the veterans spent the night and where a lot of them died. It is Eric’s birthday today, his 95th., so we celebrated his birthday there. After, when departing the church, I was taken alongside and asked to speak to one of the veterans who wanted to meet me. It was Charles
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