Windermere Adventure Training Camp - 2015

This year I attended Windermere Adventure Training Camp again, but this year Sgt R Thoppil was also on the camp. It was another good and enjoyable week that was filled with loads of different activities to keep us busy but it was also a lot of hard work.

The week started with a long bus journey which started at 0700 hours on Saturday 18th July. Once we arrived, we unpacked and were briefed about the week and split into groups.

On the Sunday, my group had kayaking and canoeing. Even though the weather was not as good this year as it was last year it was still very enjoyable.

Then on the Monday, my group did rock climbing, fortunately, we were the only one of the three groups two use an actual rock face. It was a good to be able to climb all the way to the top this year, was an amazing feeling of accomplishment.

Our final of the three starter activities, was hill walking. But my group were doing it slightly different to the other groups. The other groups went on low walks and we went on a high walk up to 902m on Bow Fell, it was a lot of hard work but the view was incredible.

On the Wednesday we started the two day expedition for this we were split into two different groups. The group I was placed in was walking on the Wednesday, we camped overnight at a site not far from Windermere. Then on the Thursday, we canoed further up Windermere and did some white water rafting on one of the rivers. For me, it was a scary experience, because at first I didn’t want to do it at all. But after the first one, I grew in confidence and fell in love with it.

Sgt Thoppil and I were in the same groups for the whole week and it was good to work with him throughout the week. I know we both thoroughly enjoyed the week.

- By Sgt H Roberts