Everybody Loves Canoeing

Are they both enjoying themselves?

Another day training with the army - on the river. They managed to develop all their hard canoe skills, and develop their army core values, so at the end they were allowed some down time to have fun. Awesome. Yes, it was cold...

Now it's time to prepare for Scotland, move into Fort William, and hit the hills. I'll be doing a mix of work and play. The low level ice may have gone - but it's still winter, and there's still lots to do..

Iced Up River Wye

Standing on the river Wye at Glasbury.

The river was a slush puppy most of the way down

We got to our access point on the Wye for our canoe day to find ice extending for 10m at some points into the river on each side. I managed to find a point for easy access and so our adventure started. We weren't the only things floating on the river - there were also sheets of ice and sheets of slush. The soldiers found manouvering difficult in places when they were competing with a sheet of ice pushing them about.

We had a fantastic day - one of my most memorable. Last day at work for IO Dunn (Instructional Officer) - best wishes to her for her future.

Soldier Development Wing

This week I did 2 days working with the Soldier Development Wing (SDW) in South Wales. Here you can see Millie and Maxim working on a scenario. Maxim is one of the SuTs (Soldiers under Training).

I'll be back with them in late August.