Saturday 31st January
Corporal Dave: I met Corporal Dave doing Avionics at Aldershot in the Purple Turtle this evening. He was minding his drunken Mechanics coursemate who was being rude, offensive and downright bad towards most of the female population of the Turtle. Dave was from Aberdeen and a trainee Apache pilot. He seemed to be a genuinely good guy and I talked with him at length about life, my objection to the Army and the Hutton Report. I wished that he stayed safe. He said he was "gutted" that he couldn't have my number and he was impressed with my gasmask bag. Comedy indeed.
