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Age
20 Years

20th October 1943

We sailed at 0530. We set watch for SUQ in case a message was reqd. Soon after entering the canal, we scraped past a small vessel sunk there, & later saw another being dismantled. We reached Ismailia at midday, in the Little Bitter Lake. Here we met another invasion ship which resembled a converted L’pool-Irish cross channel boat. We only anchored for an hour or so, & then went the rest of the way to Port Said, where we arrived at 1800 hours.

For a very large part of the way along the canal, the Royal Engineers have built a small, stone retention wall to keep the sand from falling in!

Close by to the canal, a road runs straight through to P. Said. At the time when the Axis were nearing Alexandria, this road was streaming continually with army vehicles, & even now one can see many abandoned projects, started with the object of keeping this canal in our hands.

While Merton Miller (No 2) went to see a friend of his I went to see Deanna Durbin in “The Amazing Mrs Halliday” at the Empire. I used Indian & Ceylon money. They take any currency! I also had a chow at a restaurant. A strict blackout was maintained.