dear uncle wilhelm our journey to london was short and charming the trains rattling along the
british tracks through open fields and countryside their roads maybe almost impassable in places but
these iron tracks provide a very usable way to travel across country at speed our hosts in london
have organised for us to stay with members of the british scouting movement though i will spend the
next few days with the orts gruppe exchanging news about the fatherland and their activities herein
the capital city it was difficult to tear ourselves away from the pleasures of norfolk and the city
offers far fewer opportunities for open exploration on the other hand the bustle of the city as in
berlin offers a certain anonymity and it is in some ways relaxing to leave behind the gossip and
inquisitiveness of village life as you suggested we will use our time herein london to support our
brothers and sisters and to reassure them that they have not been forgotten i will pass on the gifts
that you entrusted to me together with your instructions for their use as we did in caistor st
edmund the radio you sent me is remarkable it is able to pickup signals across the spectrum even
from berlin itself though i am enjoying listening to british radio especially the home service they
are building a chain of transmitters across the country which provide information throughout the day
and night something that i think you might want to take into account when planning our own radio
services i am assuming that there are no changes planned for our itinerary but if there are then
perhaps you could forward them to our hosts in spalding with a copy sent post restante to cse yours
sincerely