Hi Dad and Rose

Just writing to let you know I am fine, not been blown up yet!!! As I write this letter, I am not in Basra yet. I am in another camp. Getting used to the weather it is Hot!!! And it's only winter. Hope you are OK, time is moving pretty fast, I am always busy.

Hope you are getting a tan back in England, ha ha.

I go to Basra tonight, a lot is happening there. Last night the whole camp got attacked. A lot of Iraq insurgents died. We lost nobody. But the place where I am going gets attacked most nights and mortared a lot.

I am getting along with the lads well. Write back so I know how you are.

Lots of Love

Jamie xx

P.S. I hope Joe isn't mad, I ate all the pasta in his room. But tell him I love him a lot.