Latest Expedition Reports

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

1st June 2026: 8 cadets, myself and a fellow member of staff travelled to Plymouth to start our 5-day adventure on the Challenger 2 yacht. We were in good spirits despite the forecast; our cadets were not going to be put off by a little… Read more: Tall Ships 2026

Ex DRAGON SAMURAI 2026 was an AMA Ski Touring Expedition. It brought together a group 14 Service Personnel: both Regular and Reserve, from across a large variety of regiments. All with one thing in common… a passion for skiing! The Exercise was designed to facilitate… Read more: Dragon Samurai 2026

From 2–6 April 2026, 24 RAF Air Cadets from Middlesex Wing and Hertfordshire Wing completed a Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition on Dartmoor. The cadets and staff participants undertook a four-day, three-night, self-sufficient journey that demanded advanced navigation, sound risk management, and sustained teamwork.… Read more: Gold Expedition Apr 26

“The past week has been an incredible experience and surpassed all my expectations. I didn’t know what I was getting into but I didn’t expect to enjoy it so much. Being outdoors for a week, having a break from university and a digital detox was… Read more: Cadet Grimpeur 2026

In April, the Gateway Academy CCF (Army) embarked on their first adventure training activity weekend as a newly-formed contingent in the Peak District, Derbyshire. All 28 cadets from the contingent took part and, after much planning and support, arrived there with great anticipation and excitement.… Read more: Peak District Adventure Training 2026

3 Royal Welsh being the only reserve infantry regiment which recruits in Wales, our ranks are made up of Valley’s boys, hill farmers, national park rangers and emergency services workers, to name a few vocations. And for those of us not fortunate enough to be… Read more: Dragon Lofoten 2026

ntroduction: During the period Saturday 28 March to Thursday 2 April 2026, Suffolk Army Cadet Force (ACF) conducted a six-day Adventure Training (AT) expedition to the Brecon Beacons National Park. The exercise involved 40 cadets and 12 adult instructors and was designed to deliver progressive,… Read more: AT Wales – Easter 2026

Three cadets from Tile Cross Academy (part of Solihull School CCF through the cadet expansion programme) took part in the SnowCamp charity’s social mobility ski/snowboard programme. They had completed the first two phases, First Tracks and Graduate before being selected for the Excel course. The… Read more: Snow Camp Venturer 2026 2025

This report details the week-long sailing trip to the North Norfolk Broads, jointly undertaken by the Islington and City of London Sea Cadets units. The expedition lasted from Saturday, 28 March 2026, to the following Saturday during the first week of the Easter Holidays 2026,… Read more: Norfolk Trip 2026

In February half term a group of 30 Fourth Form (Year 10) cadets plus CCF staff deployed to Norway for a week of Nordic ski touring in the Haardanger Vida region. The plan was for three days of ski training followed by a three-day expedition,… Read more: Canford Norway 2026

Seventeen DofE participants from throughout Norfolk & Suffolk Wing of the RAF Air Cadets and a team of eight staff joined forces to run a Wing DofE gold expedition to the Yorkshire Dales in April 2026. The expedition consisted of three teams (2 x teams… Read more: Wing Gold Exped April 26 2026

In February 2026 the Army Mountaineering Association headed to Scotland for their annual Winter Meet. Scotland is an ideal location for adventurous, leadership, and resilience training as it naturally lends itself to adventure, being remote in the sense that it is easy to find areas… Read more: Tiger Spindrift 26(A) 2026

A group from Staffordshire and West Midlands (North Sector) Army Cadet Force travelled to Bavaria for a week-long alpine skiing foundation course. The expedition brought together a mixed ability team, with additional participants joining from other counties including Gloucestershire and Scotland, creating a diverse and… Read more: EXallgauski2026

Discover Horizons Unseen! – Army Cadets and Adult Volunteers Set Sail! Ten Army Cadets from across the southwest region and two Cadet Force Adult Volunteers have enjoyed a six-day sailing expedition aboard Challenger 1, navigating the Solent and south coast of England as part of… Read more: Jellalabad Splash 26-01 2026

An ambitious mountaineering expedition has taken British soldiers deep into the mountains of Sikkim, India – marking the first official British Army exercise in the region in thirty years. The venture, known as Ex EAGLE INDIA, formed part of the Regiment’s ongoing commitment to developing… Read more: Eagle India 2026

During February half term (14th -22nd February) 16 Cadets, 10 CFAV’s from Lancashire ACF and 2 CFAV ski instructors had an incredible opportunity to learn to ski in the Bavarian Alps and surrounding resorts. This is the first ski exercise that Lancashire ACF have undertaken… Read more: Bavaria Ski Venture 26 2026

Upland Adventure I and II are multi-activity packages that RGS High Wycombe CCF run in conjunction with a Third Party Provider, Call of the Wild, the package runs over four days for 24 cadets, but is then repeated in total for a second group of… Read more: Upland Adventure I & II 2026