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Day three, or ‘The Storm of the Century day’ was somewhat hindered by the adverse weather con- ditions. High winds and heavy rain meant that, having done the risk assessment, OCdts Hissey and Kellett decided that a reduced walk on the day would be best suited. Matters were further complicated by OCdt Lund-Morgan completing his ‘Bingo Biff Chit’ through the onset of severe toothache, requiring a spontane-
advertising campaigns in the nearby outdoor shops, several of us were now clad in new, unnecessarily expensive walking clothes. This walk was slightly shorter and sharper than our other routes, largely comprising of stretches of steep and challenging terrain, but this made the approach to the summit all the more worthwhile.
ous road trip for OCdts Lund-Mor- gan and Kellett to Weeton bar- racks in Lancashire. Luckily, the MRS staff there were able to help within hours and the issue was resolved. The rest of the group meanwhile completed a short walk out of Keswick.
...the height and moments of broken clouds gave us incredible views.
The final day’s walk took us up Pat- terdale walk, 12 km with over 1000 meters of ascent. The ascent proved to be quite cheeky, but the height and moments of broken clouds gave us incredible views. We even managed to see an RAF C-17 Globemaster fly below us, which meant we were
After again enjoying the comfort of our bunk beds, we finally rose to have breakfast and pre- pare all of our relevant kit for the fourth day of activities. Due to the bright colours used in the
either really high or the RAF were doing really low-level flying (probably the first). Following an end of week meal out that night, we headed back to Sandhurst to return kit and begin our two-week Easter Break.
Exercise SKYE HIGH
The first day of our much-anticipated expedi- tion to the Isle of Skye involved a task none of our party were enthused by: a twelve-hour
drive from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to the small town of Portree. After being rudely accompa- nied by the post-com- missioning fire alarm,
we collected our combi van from 44 Sqn and departed the Academy. Fortified by a McDon- alds breakfast, the day saw us driving long hours through seemingly endless swathes of Great British countryside, until we eventually arrived a whole epoch later in an unfamiliar land: Skye.
In our first evening together, the group spent the last ounces of our attentive consciousness
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