Friday [Folkestone]
Went out to the ranges today as marker at the butts.
Wrote letters at night.
To bed early.
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The second word is “butts”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_range#Butts.2FBackstop
Thanks, updated.
Ok, some analysis of the missing word. He usually closes his “d”s, so I think that the first 3 letters are probably “Mac”, not “Mad”. I also think that this missing word is probably the same word in the entry for the 13th, at the end of the 1st line.
The one on the 13th I think is “march”, as in “out on drill & route march”.
Is it “marker”? Thinking back to my army cadet days someone sat in the butts with a stick and pointed out where the bullet had hit the target for the benefit of the soldier who was firing.
Sounds more like “target” to me 😉 but I think that you’re right.
That does work nicely!
Sandy, would it be too much to ask for you to put a link back to the image of the diary page? Then when I need to see that page to see if I can figure out a missing word, I don’t have to scroll back day by day. Thx.
Good idea, I’ll do that in the future. I’ve been having the same problem!