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AGC JOURNAL 2016

Exercise Dressed to climb the O2 Arena roof

London Quest

By Private Leigh Green

Members from 3 Regiment does not allow you to fall backwards, so
Royal Logistic Corps had a even when we fell it wasn’t a large drop

day out of the office for a trip otherwise it would have had turned into a
into London for a bit of team giant waterslide. This however, didn’t help
the fear that some have of heights.
bonding.
When we made it to the top, we all had
the chance to take photos and take in
Getting to London the beautiful view of London. I think we
can all agree that the walk to the top was
We departed at 8 o’clock accompanied the easiest bit, with the weather not on
by some typical British weather. Despite our side we had to be very careful on the
this, morale was still very high. It took us descent. Although we were taking our
just over an hour to get to Royal Air Force time, we did have a couple of slips on the Big Ben in the background
Halton, where we parked the minibus for way, which was very amusing to say the
the day. We then made our way to the least. Fair to say we all made it down in
nearest tube station to make our way to one piece, even if we were wet and a bit Theatre Trip
our first destination. shaken.
The last activity that was planned for the
Walk Over The 02 Arena Boat Trip and Tour day was to see The Lion King, live theatre
performance. This was the part of the day
We had arrived at the O2 Arena where Upon reaching solid ground we made that everyone was looking forward to, as
we were to take part in the first activity of our way to the Thames Transport System, we had all heard amazing reviews about
the day. Following a quick safety brief we and utilised the river to make our way to it. Everything about the show was brilliant,
collected our not so flattering overalls and Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Houses the music, the animals and the ladies
harnesses. After a group photo we started of Parliament and St James Park. of the Detachment took quite a shining
our journey over the top of the O2 Arena. to adult Simba. I think that every single
Our issued shoes were specific to walk on one of us would agree that the show was
the rubber trampoline-like walkway, yet incredible and was completely beyond
the steepest part heading up still caused our expectations. Overall, our day out
multiple falls due to the drizzly weather. to London was really exciting. Everyone
Luckily the system used for the harness thoroughly enjoyed themselves and we are
all looking forward to the next trip.

The Lion King stage performance and costumes were incredible

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