Coming Home

The Cadets are currently busy packing up at Camp before heading up the motorway to Calais to catch the ferry home. It has been a very successful trip (as usual) and everyone looks forward to getting home.

Parade Day

The Cadets took part in Parades at Lochnagar,Thiepval and Ulster Tower. It was a very hard day but worth all the effort. We were very proud to remember all the soldiers who, 97 years ago, made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives for us. At Ulster Tower the Cadets met the Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers MP, Secratary of State for Northern Ireland, as seen in the photo.

War grave & La Boisselle Tunnels

On Friday 28th June a selection of uniformed Cadets visited the grave of 2Lt Joseph Huxley in the military cemetery at Bouzincourt. A wreath was laid and a few words were said accordingly. After Bouzincourt the Cadets were invited to the Trench-tunnels at La Boisselle, near Lochnagar crater. Again a wreath was laid and time was given to reflect the enormous cost of this awful time of war. The Cadets were then invited down the tunnels to see what conditions at that time were like.

Disney Day

On Thursday 27th June we all had a fantastic day at Euro-Disney. The weather was very kind everyone was truly exhausted by the end of the day.

GRENADE!!!!!!!!!!!

On Wednesday 26th June the Cadets visited Thiepval wood and had a tour of genuine First World War trenches. The day was not without its excitement when a 97 year-old 'pineapple' grenade was spotted on the road having rolled down a bank. The officials at Ulster Tower were duly notified and it was safely removed by them.

Memorial Visits

On Tuesday the Cadets have visited the memorials... Thiepval, Ulster Tower and, as shown in the photo, the Mametz Memorial to the Welsh. Back to camp for an afternoon of swimming and recreation and Spag-Bol for tea!

All set up

We arrived safely on Saturday morning. All camp is now set up, even though it's been raining for most of the time. The Cadets are enjoying all the food and the NAAFI. We are all looking forward to the arrival of the main party of Cadets tomorrow.