Dear Janey,
I received you letter but don't know whether my parcel has landed or not because I have been sent down to a Machine Gun School about 40 miles behind the line. I was sent down with three others last Sunday, just a day before we were to be relieved. It is quite a treat to get to a place where we can roam about a bit. I met two chaps out of the West Cumberland Yeomanry; one of them lived in Whitehaven and the other worked there before the war. I will be getting all my letters &c when I get back.
I received a parcel from Mrs Nixon (Ghyll Bank) wishing me a Merry Christmas. It was a lovely parcel and I do think it was awfully kind of them and it came as such a surprise.
I am down here for 6 days. We are in a sort of convent or monastery and it's a fine place; it's just like some big cathedral to look at from the outside. We had about 5 hours run in a motorbus, it used to be one that plied between Waterloo and Euston.
I expect this finds you all at home well. I wrote to Carlisle when I was in the trenches. Well I must close. With love to all J
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