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NORTH REGION
WARCOP MULTI
ACTIVITY CAMP
This camp was run for around 200 Air Cadets from across the North Region during the October half term, with many different activities taking place and where the cadets had the opportunity to participate in so many activities which have been curtailed over the last, almost, two years.
Some of the cadets who attended were tempted into submitting their own stories and some follow here.
CORPORAL TOM MUIR
58 (HARROGATE) SQUADRON
Warcop annual camp is usually held in October half term holidays for Durham & Northum- berland Wing. However, for the first time it
was run as a regional
camp offering places
to around 200 cadets
from the 5 wings that
make up North Region.
It was advertised as a
greens camp with many
of the activities focussing on outdoor activities and adventure training, which is what attracted my interest over traditional blues camps.
As a more experienced cadet I had attended multiple camps before but never a greens camp that offered such wide variety of activities for all
the cadets to partake in. Of the 12 flights that made up this camp all partook in the following activities: Introduction to space syllabus, flight simulator experience, Pico headset flight recordings, Shot gun Shooting, Mountain Biking, Orienteering, Climbing, abseiling, sports, Advanced leadership principles, Archery and Fieldcraft. Additionally, flights 1-4 had the opportunity to complete L98A2 DCCT firing as they had current or expired weapons handling tests.
My favourite activity on this camp is impossible
to name as all were engaging and made interesting by the passion shown by the staff instructors. Some more memorable days were the Fieldcraft Day where we were transported of camp to the nearby Gateshede Training area. Here we completed lessons on camouflage and concealment, Section Attack formations, setting up a camp in the field and some cadets got the chance to be section commanders rather than the usual senior NCOs giving them
an opportunity to showcase their own leadership skills. As we had such a large range of subject matter experts, we were able to learn new skills and techniques far beyond what could ever be learnt at squadron level, enabling us to go back to our units
The best thing is that there was something for everyone to engage with no matter their experience
and share our newly practiced fieldcraft skills. The best thing is that there was something for everyone to engage with no matter their experience with fieldcraft from brand new to those who had attend wing level courses such as myself.
Another outstanding day, that was the highlight for the majority of the cadets I spoke to was the adventure training day which began with us being taken to the Rossmede Training area, an expanse
of green hills and valleys with just the right amount of mud for us to fall down in. The first activity we completed was mountain biking which once again catered for all levels. We started with the basics of how to ride and control your bike then we completed a bike obstacle course. Finally, we set out into to training area following both woodland and open grass trails. The best bit was going down some of the mud drops at high speed and getting to watch
as some of us fell off. For the afternoon session, we completed an orienteering scavenger hunt which gave those involved in their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award residential, an opportunity to showcase our
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