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18 July 1936.
At last we have arrived at Falmouth and are anchored in the bay
waiting for orders. We did over 15 000 miles in the 117 days and arrived
here Wed. 15th July. We had a poor [run?] up from the Doldruns for there
seemed to be no wind at all in the North Atlantic for we never had 3
concecutive days of good sailing. A wind would blow well & then die
away - one day we went backwards 5 miles & only did 17 the next. That
day a few of us had a swim so I am able to say I've sum in the mid-
Atlantic. The further north we got (after leaving the Argous where we were
becalmed a day or so) the colder the weather became & since being at
anchor a biting cold south west wind has been blowing unceasingly
with misty rain & hardly any sun. Gardiner & I are nightwatchmen
& sleep (or rather are free to sleep) by day. However I got permission
from the captain to go ashore yesterday so dressed myself, went with
him & walked on land for the first time for over 120 days.

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18 July 1936.
At last we have arrived at Falmouth and are anchored in the bay
waiting for orders. We did over 15 000 miles in the 117 days and arrived