TCD MS 11274/15 folio 2 verso
[9 December 1915]
during the late rains a storm Springs broke out in the fire place and also the rain leaked into James bed we have decided to hold on for a bit however. Sergt Francis has invited us both to come & live in his bell tent but we felt it would be making him less comfortable & decided not to as the presence of motor cyclists with their mud is no addition to any menage.
Our alternative then was to build a new dug out higher up the slope of our field but the difficulty in fact