experience, he passed on lots of experience and knowledge. Overall, I thought this was a very well run AT package and I really enjoyed the package.
Rock Climbing Scribe: LCpl Klue 5 FS Bn REME Adventure training week with the Royal Welsh down in wales: I did rock climbing for the week and Jamie Waddington was our
instructor. I absolutely loved the whole week, thoroughly enjoyed rock climbing as well as the group of people I was with. I couldn’t fault it in any way, and I feel like I had gotten a lot from this week as I pushed myself to be in situations I wouldn’t normally put myself in. I’d never climbed on real rock faces before and this was a new experience for me. Overall, I genuinely have nothing bad to say about the week and hope to have the opportunity to go again when there are more courses running.
Closing Words Organising an event of this size was hard work but extremely rewarding. It was nice to get so many REME personal away on AT especially after the year we have just had. I hope everyone who attended enjoyed the exercise. In total over the 5 weeks we managed to give 87 qualifications in an AT activity. Hopefully we have ignited a spark that will result in some of the instructors of the future. I would like to personally thank ASM Townsend as the Chief Instructor and all of the instructors we used over the duration of the Exercise for facilitating some excellent training, and the Capel Curig staff for being so helpful and accommodating.
Charity
Coast to Coast Charity Ride Challenge Scribe: Sgt Fry (LEAT (M))
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Whitehaven start point. Left to right: Sgt Fry – WO1 (ASM) Browning. 20 craftsmaneditor@reme-rhq.org.uk
s with most of the UK, the Land Equipment Assurance Teams (LEATs) normal routine has been quite disrupted during the lockdown periods, with audits being conducted remotely and most of the staff having to work from home. Therefore, after a light bulb moment, I thought it would be a great idea to get some of the team together to blow out the cobwebs and to organise a road cycling team bonding challenge. As a keen cyclist, I decided to take on the Coast to Coast Challenge and to combine the event with raising money for charity. We decided all the money donated would be given in aid of WO1 (ASM) Simon Cooper’s home renovation fund. I settled on a two-day ride, starting on the 14 July 2021 from the West coast of Whitehaven to the East coast of Tynemouth. Covering approximately 140 miles and climbing 12,000ft (which is higher than Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon if they were all stood on top of each other) through the Lake District and the Pennines. Most riders taking on this route generally complete it in around four days. Surprisingly
Garmin course map
