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OYT Scotland West Coast Challenge

Unit: Headquarters Air Cadets
Location: Scotland West Coast

Date: August 2017
Activities: Sailing

As the cadets first set their eyes on the 72’ Ocean Youth Trust Scotland Ketch, Alba Venturer, which was to be their home and workplace for the next 7 days, there were mixed comments and expressions of apprehension. None of the selected Air Cadets had ever taken part in an...

Scotland Staff AT Development – Plymouth & Cornwall Wing ATC

Unit: Plymouth & Cornwall Wing ATC
Location: Cairngorms, Scotland

Date: May 2017
Activities: Mountaineering, Rock Climbing

In May and June of 2017, several members of staff and senior cadets from Plymouth & Cornwall and Dorset & Wiltshire Wings, Royal Air Force Air Cadets , spent 8 days in the Cairngorm National Park, residing at Feshiebridge Lodge, Aviemore. With assistance from the Ulysses Trust, the aim of the...

Arctic Express – London UOTC

Unit: London UOTC
Location: UK, Faroes, Iceland

Date: May 2017
Activities: Sailing

On the 21st May 2017 a fifteen-strong crew, led by Maj Terry Hackett of London UOTC, began a two-week Adventure Training exercise onboard Yacht ‘Adventure’, one of the Army’s two Challenger 72’ Ocean going sail training yachts. The aim of Ex Artic Express was to challenge participants in a demanding...

Western Winter – HQ Air Cadets

Unit: HQ Air Cadets
Location: Lochaber, Scotland

Date: February 2017
Activities: Mountaineering, rock climbing, trekking

On the evening of 26 February 17, 11 members of Air Cadet Organisation’s volunteer staff gathered at the Inchree lodges in Onich in the Western Highlands of Scotland with the objective of furthering their knowledge and experience of the British mountain environment. Two members of the team would be undertaking...

Ex Loch Shiel Wilderness Open Canoe – Marine Society and Sea Cadets

Unit: Marine Society & Sea Cadets – Paddlesport Team
Location: Loch Shiel, Scotland

Date: July 2016
Activities: Canoeing

The 2016 Scot-Paddle with the Sea Cadets aimed to Open Canoe the reverse route taken by Bonnie Prince Charlie on his return to Scotland in the year 1745, by journeying from Glenfinnan to the sea. The objective was to take a group of cadets and let them work as a...

Ex Golden Eagle One – 29 Norfolk & Suffolk Wing ATC Sqns

Unit: 29 Norfolk and Suffolk Wing ATC Sqns
Location: Rothiemurchus, Aviemore, Scotland

Date: October 2016
Activities: Hill walking, white water rafting, mountain biking, zip lining

During the last week of October 2016 65 Air Cadets and 23 members of staff from Norfolk & Suffolk Wing Air Training Corps mounted an Adventure Training expedition to Rothiemurchas Lodge, Aviemore in the heart of the Cairngorm Mountains overlooking Loch Morlich. The expedition provided life enhancing opportunities for young...

Ex Ubique Finn 2016 – 71 Engineer Regiment

Unit: 71 Engr Regt
Location: Spain

Date: May 2016
Activities: Mountaineering, mountain biking, rock climbing

Exercise Ubique Finn (ID 02005) took place in the mountain regions north of Malaga between 14th-21st May 2016. Taking part in the exercise where 17 reserve troops from 71 Engineer Regiment comprising of personal from 102 (Paisley), 124 (Edinburgh) and 591 (Bangor) Squadrons. The pasty white Celtic troops travelled from...

Northern Jacobite Venturer – Giggleswick School CCF

Unit: Giggleswick School CCF
Location: Kinlochleven, Scotland

Date: March 2016
Activities: Trekking

Four seasons in one week maintained the ambitions of Ex Northern Jacobite Venturer (Ex NJV). Blue sky and delightful spring weather for the first few days gave way to snow and wind by the end of the expedition. Our now annual Scottish exploit is in its 9th year...

Ex Caledonian Canal 2015 – Air Training Corps

Unit: 138 (1st Nottingham), 143 (Longridge), 341 (City of Preston) and 2459 (Poulton Le Fylde)
Location: Scotland, Fort William to Inverness

Date: July 2015
Activities: Canoeing

Scotland is an interesting place, one minute its cold and rainy the next it’s warm and sunny. That didn’t stop our team completing our gold Duke of Edinburgh’s expedition. On 28^th July, we set off along the Caledonian Canal starting at Loch Dochfour (Dochgarroch) heading to Neptune’s Staircase at Banavie....

OYT West Coast Challenge – Headquarters Air Cadets

Unit: Headquarters Air Cadets
Location: Scotland - West Coast

Date: August 2015
Activities: Offshore Sailing

Gale force winds, rough seas and seven days spent almost entirely within the confines of the 72 foot ketch, Alba Venturer, set the scene for the West Coast Challenge Sailing Expedition 2015. Eleven cadets from across the UK together with two adult staff joined the OYT Scotland crew to sail...

Knoydart Wilderness Open Canoe 2015 – Marine Society and Sea Cadets

Unit: Marine Society & Sea Cadets – Paddlesport Team
Location: Knoydart, Scotland

Date: July 2015
Activities: Canoeing

The 2015 Scot-Paddle with the Sea Cadets was probably the best way in my opinion to experience the wild and beautiful nature of Scotland for the first time. Our six days paddling and camping on Loch Morar and Loch Nevis was an awesome experience. From the bug infested fields, to...

Ex Northern Phoenix Munro 2 – 5 Military Intelligence Battalion

Unit: 5 MI Bn
Location: North West Scotland

Date: May 2015
Activities: Sea kayaking

Over the week of 18-22 May 2015, 5 Military Intelligence Battalion spent a week in the far north west of Scotland, based out of the MOD Adventure Training Lodge at Dundonnel. On Wednesday 20 May, the group was afforded the opportunity to go Sea Kayaking near Lochinver, courtesy of a financial...

Exercise Winter Cairngorm 2015 – HQ Air Cadets

Unit: NACATC Windermere
Location: Scotland - Highlands

Date: March 2015
Activities: Mountaineering (Winter)

From the 01-07 March 2015 the National Air Cadet Adventure Training Centre Windermere ran Ex Winter Cairngorm - a winter expedition in Scotland for 16 Cadet Force Adult Volunteer Staff. The aim of this expedition was to provide a winter mountain foundation course (WMF), winter climbing foundation (WCF) course and...

Ex Highland Fling 2014 – 46F (Kensington) Squadron Air Training Corps

Unit: 46F Kensington ATC
Location: Aviemore, Scottish Highlands

Date: August 2014
Activities: Canoeing, Mountaineering (Summer), Rock Climbing

Cadets from 46F Kensington Air Cadets took to the Scottish Highlands for a week of action packed adventure training. To help fund the camp cadets helped Christmas shoppers pack their bags at the local Sainsbury’s store on Cromwell Road, as well as the generous grant awarded by the Ulysses Trust...

Jacobite Journey – Loch Shiel 2014 – Marine Society & Sea Cadets

Unit: Marine Society & Sea Cadets – Paddlesport Team
Location: Scotland

Date: July 2014
Activities: Canoeing

The aim of our expedition was to Open Canoe the reverse route taken by Bonnie Prince Charlie on his return to Scotland in the year 1745, whilst being completely self-sufficient. We also wanted to learn how to cook over an open fire, how to set up wild camps, simple survival...

Exercise Bolivian Venture 2014 – 612 RAuxAF Sqn and 3 AEF

Unit: 612 RAuxAF Sqn and 3 AEF
Location: Bolivia/Peru - Northern Apolobamba Range of the Andes

Date: June 2014
Activities: Mountaineering (High Altitude)

Exercise BOLIVIAN VENTURE 2014 (BV14) was a major high altitude expedition to the Northern Cordillera Apolobamba region of Bolivia and Peru. The expedition took place during the period 3 – 26 June 14 and consisted of twenty-eight personnel broken down into a trekking team of seven and a mountaineering team...

OYT Scotland West Coast Challenge 2014 – Headquarters Air Cadets

Unit: Headquarters Air Cadets
Location: Scotland - West Coast

Date: August 2014
Activities: Offshore Sailing

The annual HQ Air Cadets/Ocean Youth Trust Scotland West Coast Challenge offshore sailing expedition for senior cadets aged 18 years and over took place from the 18th to the 24th of August 2014. Sailing out of Oban on-board Alba Explorer under the watchful eyes and expert guidance of the OYT...

Ex Highland Dragon Venture – Staffordshire and West Midlands Army Cadet Force

Unit: Staffordshire & West Midlands North Sector Army Cadet Force
Location: Scottish Highlands

Date: July 2014
Activities: Canoeing, Mountaineering (Summer), Rock Climbing, Whitewater Kayaking

On the morning of Saturday 26 July 14, 24 Cadets and 6 Adult Instructors from Staffordshire and West Midlands Army Cadets force started the long drive north to Inverness for the start of a seven day adventurous training package. The aim of the expedition was to expose the cadets to the...

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