Tuesday 21st March 1916: We have heard that the 1st/5th Battalion,
stationed at Mena Camp in the shadow of the Pyramids, went on a route march
yesterday towards Cairo and back. On a pleasant spring day in England that
would be no chore, but they were on a road that is not far from the desert on
either side. The temperature is often around 75 degrees and had get as high as
100 on exceptional occasions. Yesterday was in the low 70s, quite enough to
raise a sweat in full kit.
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