Adventurous Training
Ex PEMBROKE CRAFTSMAN – Multi Activity Adventurous Training at Castlemartin – 12 Regt RA Wksp Scribe: LCpl Dave Williams
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n Monday 12th July, 15 members of 12 Regt RA Wksp were due to go on a multi activity training package to Castlemartin, Wales. However, the trip did not initially begin well! An hour before we were due to meet, we all received a message to wait out, as one of the members of the trip had tested positive for COVID-19! We were all worried that the trip would be cancelled and sat waiting nervously until a decision was made. Fortunately, only two people that were due to go on the trip had been in contact with the person that had tested positive so we were relieved to find out that the trip could go ahead, albeit now down to 12 people. We departed Sunday morning (just) from sunny Thorney Island for (hopefully sunny) Wales, luckily due to unavailability of accommodation at Castlemartin we were put up at a place called Llanion Cove where we were given a house to stay in for the week. We were provided Breakfast, Dinner and a packed lunch for whilst conducting the days activities. On the Sunday evening we settled in and managed to get a projector up in the living room for the England vs Italy Euro final. The result of the game was disappointing for the majority of us, we were still very much looking forward to
The picturesque house we stayed in at Llanion Cove the activities ahead with it having been a significant amount of time since any of us had done any AT. Monday morning arrived and we got stuck into our breakfast before travelling down to Castlemartin to get the initial mandatory briefs out the way. Although we were supposed to be Kayaking, there was no instructor available, so we got to go mountain biking twice instead! At the stores we were given all the kit that we needed for the activities, all issued bikes, then we set off with our instructors for a day of mountain biking. We rode for about three miles out of camp to a nearby trail called Stackpole, here we did an activity which involved going down a set of stairs to build up our confidence and get us out of our comfort zone. We had a very enthusiastic instructor that we referred to as Cash, he absolutely loved all things Mountain
LCpl Keens enjoying some rock climbing
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Pausing for a quick photo at the top!
