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Sailing ‘Alba Venturer’ into Victoria Harbour in Greenock at the end of their voyage, using nothing more than canvas and wind, highlighted the skill and confidence of the trainee crew who only a week earlier had set out as novices on this year’s annual HQAC / Ocean Youth Trust Scotland – Offshore Sail Training Expedition. […]

The CCAT IAM Course was based from a campsite in Saas Grund, Switzerland during the period 21-28 Aug 11. The high mountain range that lies between the Rhone and Aosta valleys, known as the Pennine Alps (Valais or Wallis), contains the greatest concentration of 4000metre peaks. The range includes some of the most famous peaks

The 8th of August 2011 saw 8 Cadets and 5 Staff from 228 (Bromley) and 2511 (Longfield) Squadrons head off to Helsinki in Finland to undertake Exercise Samiaa Challenge. The Samiaa lakes area in Eastern Finland are a massive complex of lakes and islands which run for hundreds of square miles and contain over 14,000

This summer Oxford University OTC, together with financial assistance from The Ulysses Trust mounted a rock climbing and trekking expedition to the Dolomites in Northern Italy. It was the first major expedition that Junior Under Officer (JUO) James Coates had organised, and he did this during his final year at Oxford University. The expedition consisted

Alpine Endeavour was a three week Alpine mountaineering expedition, tackling peaks in Switzerland and Italy. On the first two days we travelled to Saas Grund in Switzerland. From our vantage point in the campsite we could see what laid ahead. The fourth and fifth days were spent on the Hohsaas glacier; for some of the

AN ADRIATIC ADVENTURE The Michaelmas term at Shrewsbury School in Shropshire started with a sea odyssey for twelve intrepid travellers from the CCF. Their trip was a culmination of many months of training and preparation, and long sessions in the school pool upside down in a kayak! Expedition Adriatic Adventurer was a Gold Assessment and

Introduction In late 2010 the Ulysses Trust (UT) decided to sponsor and completely fund a challenging, overseas expedition; the aim being to develop enthusiasm for such activities in the participants, with the aspiration that they might undertake to run similar events, themselves, in the future. Given that the participants, chosen from all the UK Reserve

Pyrenees – An Easy Week, by Emma Reynolds and Megan Calcutt The first day was spent travelling. We reached our campsite late that night, and quickly learnt that we would have to get used to sleeping on slopes and rocks! The Pyrenees greeted us that night with our first storm, and we started the next

Expedition Ventura Dragon Izzard II took place in August 2011 with 25 participants. An Advance Party of four travelled out to Spain overland by minibus with equipment, and set up a base camp in the small town of Espot in north Catalonia. This is just outside the Aigues Tortes National Park, (Aigues Tortes meaning twisted

After a brief introduction to snow chains we departed Bury St Edmonds TAC ahead of schedule (A TA thing). We made good time on our travels despite the constant downpour of rain and arrived safely at the Euro Tunnel crossing 3 hours later. We had a few rest stops whilst travelling through Europe mainly to

Cadets from South East Scotland Wing and West Scotland Wing travelled to Norway, as part of the 70th Anniversary of the Air Training Corps. The goal of the expedition was for cadets to complete their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition. On Tuesday 2 April cadets met at 870 (Dreghorn) Sqn before departing on Wednesday

GUERNSEY CADETS MAKE COMBINED OPS WORK Guernsey Cadets from the ACF and CCF combined to complete a Duke of Edinburgh Award Gold Expedition by retracing the journey of the original Cockleshell Heroes. ‘Of the many heroic raids …. none was more courageous or imaginative than Operation Frankton’ With these words to instil a sense of

The first international sailing exercise undertaken by the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) took place from 30 July to 6 August 2011. This most successful Exercise, which received support funding from the Ulysses Trust, enabled six members of the Corps to charter the Gibraltar Garrison’s yacht ‘Pickle’ for a week. Led by an experienced Coastal

The Expedition took place high up in the Val de Bagnes in the Valais region of Switzerland. The party consisted of two members of staff and three cadets who flew out to Geneva, together with another two members of staff who drove to Switzerland with the camping gear. The purpose of the Expedition was to

A group of 14 intrepid adventurers deployed to the UK’s most southerly point – The Lizard, in Cornwall on Sunday 17 July 2011. The rain was hammering it down, but with our spirits high, we were all excitedly looking forward to finding out what the coming days and 115 miles would bring as we trekked

5am, Friday 22 July and people were already stirring in the drill hall. Nervous energy looking forward to a trip that we had all spent many days reading about. The Tour of the Oisans, a 180km circular route along the GR54 around the Ecrins National Park in southern France with over 13000m ascent. Usually walked

The sun was beginning to enter North Court of the Royal Grammar School in Guildford as 11 cadets and 2 officers mustered at 0645 to begin our journey to the German Austrian border. The boys, aged 14 and 15, were keen to begin their adventurous training – a week of activities in the beautiful amphitheatres