3rd March 1941

We went to USA Consul for replacement passports at 8.30 this morning. Our train from St David's Station, was only 20 minutes late. The ride down was lovely, sunny, and the sea view and red rocks beautiful. In Plymouth we saw a few houses destroyed and several windows blown out near the station, and returned as quick as we could by 1 p.m. train, without any incident. The night before on trip we had an alert from 8-9. then again from 10-11 and at 6.30-7 in the early morning. We heard later Plymouth had been attacked and Teignmouth, where a whole family of 5 had been killed in one house. As Consulate said, there had been 200 raids on Plymouth, we were surprised not to see more damage around the station, while some houses lay in ruins a huge new building was being constructed just near Consulate. In Exeter Mr Thomas, solicitor, took us to a Notary Public to have my signature witnessed.