Latest Expedition Reports

On 22nd March 2026, a group of five students from University Air Squadrons across the country took part in the Royal Air Force Nordic Association’s Nordic Challenge. This is an opportunity led by the RAF Nordic Association with the aim of taking individuals who have… Read more: RAF Nordic Challenge 2026

Ten cadets, 5 boys and 5 girls from Lisnagarvey High School Combined Cadet Force enjoyed the adventure of a lifetime after completing a five-day, 185 mile, offshore sailing expedition between Belfast and Tarbert on Scotland’s west coast, thanks to the generous support of The Ulysses… Read more: Lisnagarvey Tall Ships 2026

Staff Training 2025/26: Through the autumn of 2025 and Spring of 2026 Trent Wing has, with the support of the Ulysses Trust and Trent Wing Welfare Committee, been able to support CFAV training to gain National Governing Body AT Qualifications. This has resulted in 12… Read more: Trent Wing Staff NGB Training 2026

Wing DofE 2026: Over three weekends in April, May and June, Trent Wing has been able to deliver DofE expeditions to over 150 different cadets at Bronze Training / Assessed, Silver Practice, Silver Assessed & Gold practice levels. This would not have been possible without… Read more: Trent Wing DofE 2026

Exercise Cadet Viking Paddle was an Officer Cadet-led 12-day adventurous training exercise from the 14 to the 25th of June 2026 that provided an opportunity for 11 Officer Cadets from East Midlands University Officer Training Corps (EMUOTC) to canoe down the Hårkan River system in… Read more: Cadet Viking Paddle 2026

From 08th – 20th June 2026, six students and one instructor from Liverpool University Air Squadron completed the Traversee Du Massif Vosgien bikepacking route in the Alsace region of France. They were supported by a team of two additional students. The group tackled tough but… Read more: Leg Power 2026

On the opening activity day of Exercise High Wire, eight students from Oxford University Air Squadron stood below the cliffs above Cortina d’Ampezzo, expecting a chairlift to carry them towards their route. The students met their first challenge – the lift was closed. Thus began… Read more: High Wire 26

Between 19 and 26 June 2026, nine students from East Midlands Universities Air Squadron (EMUAS) joined three students from University of Birmingham Air Squadron (UBAS), accompanied by an instructor from each squadron, for Exercise Harkan Ways in Jämtland, central Sweden. The expedition was designed to… Read more: Harkan Ways 2026

2024 saw our unit (6 RIFLES Army Reserve), conduct its first large scale Adventure Training (AT) Exped to the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, the year after the Battalion planned and executed another Exped to Corsica to take on the infamous GR20. Both of these… Read more: Wyvern Walker 2026

From Rainforest to Roof of Africa: Our Kilimanjaro Expedition Our eight-day expedition up Mount Kilimanjaro via the Lemosho Route took ten reservists and four regulars from 158 & 162 Regiment RLC through five dramatic climate zones, testing our mental resilience, teamwork and determination at every… Read more: Dragon Steelback Kilimanjaro 26 2026

Participants: Five members of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY).Course: Two-week Static Line Paratrooper Course at Centre École des Troupes Aéroportées (ETAP), Pau, France. Introduction: The aim of this exercise was to complete the demanding military static-line parachute course at the École des Troupes Aéroportées… Read more: ETAP 2026

As an Officer Cadet from Exeter University Officer Training Corps, I was lucky enough to take part in Exercise Tammie Norrie, a two-week Sea Kayaking Adventurous Training expedition to the Shetland Islands with other Officer Cadets from Exeter and Bristol UOTC. Having done very little… Read more: Tammie Norrie 26

From the 8th-19th June 2026, a team of six students, one instructor, and two support crew embarked on Ex Slov Traverse, completing a 400km mountain biking route which started at Lake Bled, Slovenia, moved through Italy and finished at Poreč, Croatia. The elevation gain amounted… Read more: Slov Traverse 2026 

Introduction: The Isle of Dogs Sea Cadet Unit is based in two state schools in the Isle of Dogs, George Greens School, and Canary Wharf College. The IOD Sea Cadet Unit takes young people from the Schools, from Year 7 to 11 (ages 11 to… Read more: Isle of Dogs Sea Cadets Sail with Teenage Cancer Trust 2026

During the scorching heatwave of May Half-Term, eleven cadets and two Cadet Forces Adult Volunteers undertook a five-day adventure training camp with the Outward Bound Trust at their centre in Aberdyfi. The week was focused around challenging the young people by pushing them out of… Read more: Aberdyfi Adventure 2026

This was another successful expedition weekend for 1228 (Louth) Squadron Thanks to UlyssesTrust support, we were once again able to make this happen at minimal cost to parents/carers – in an area of high financial deprivation this has been critical to providing equity of opportunity… Read more: Bronze NNAS and DofE Practice Weekend 2026

Lion cub Abenteuer. Hereford and Worcester ACFs action packed adventure to Bavaria. Between the 25th July and 1st August 2026 Hereford and Worcester ACF (thwack) took part in Exercise Venturer Lion Cub Abenteuer which was an 8 day travel and activity programme in Bavaria. This… Read more: Venture Lion Cub Abenteuer 2026

Team Per Ardua 21, comprising three members of the RAF Reserve and one regular officer, successfully competed in the Atlantic Campaigns World’s Toughest Race rowing across the Atlantic Ocean from Dec 25 to Feb 26. Team aims and objectives will be covered in more detail… Read more: Per Ardua 2025

Between 18 April and 2 May 2026, a crew of nine embarked on a challenging two-week sailing expedition aboard the yacht St Barbara V, journeying from Vigo, Spain, through the Atlantic coast of Portugal, transiting the Straits of Gibraltar, and concluding in Málaga, Spain. This expedition… Read more: Mediterranean Ubique 2026

A group of determined cadets successfully completed their Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award qualifying expedition, demonstrating resilience, teamwork, leadership and self-reliance while navigating challenging terrain over several days. The expedition required participants to plan and undertake a self-sufficient journey, carrying all necessary equipment, food and… Read more: Silver DofE Exped 2026