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For the recent CCF overnighter, the Fourth Form and Lower Sixth Non-Commission Officers (NCOs) set off to Tangier Wood where we had the amazing experience of trying a range of activities including axe-throwing and survival skills such as making a fire.
We arrived on the afternoon of Wednesday 19 March where we were first debriefed. After going through safety and the whereabouts of all the facilities within the forest, the NCO’s and Fourth Form separated into their sections to start their carousel of activities. On Wednesday we started two of our five activities. These activities included Winthropping (a technique used by the British army to locate hidden caches), axe throwing, signal fire building, tracking and CSI, and camouflage and concealment. Throughout each activity the different sections took part in a friendly competition which encouraged further collaboration and team working skills.
Once we had set up all the tents and eaten supper (which included ration packs), we started doing fun activities in the moonlight. This included practicing stealth movement, where the NCO’s used a thermal imaging camera to try to identify the B Coy cadets who were trying to get to base without being caught. The last activity on the Wednesday was to navigate in the dark where we learnt a whole new set of skills.
Waking up the next day we had breakfast and collapsed our tents, cleaning everything up before we began our next three activities. Overall, the overnighter helped with team working, and leadership skills as well as allowing us to learn survival skills whilst spending time with our peers in an exciting and new environment.
Written by NCO L/Cpl Ottoline G, Lower Sixth