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Location
At Sea - Swansea to Baytown, Houston (Texas)
Age
18 Years

28th October 1941

We are now well into the tropic zone and have been in whites since Sunday.

At 8pm, we sighted a light on Bahama Islands, which is near the coast of Florida.

We shall round Key West (southern tip of Florida) tomorrow, and after that, will no longer keep a black out. It will be the first time that I have been on a ship non blacked out at sea! It will be a great relief to be able to leave the wireless room door open on watch, for that was always the trouble on the W- the heat! One just sits for 4 hrs and sweats!

I don’t think any author has ever exaggerated about the tropical sunshine, blue seas and flying fishes etc., because it is impossible to exaggerate, whether it’s the day time or the night – they’re both beautiful.