Matlock Cadets Camping at Bakewell Dog Show

On 18th - 19th June 140 (Matlock) Sqn was at the 'Dogs Unleashed' Dog Show at Bakewell helping to park cars. We all camped over on the show ground on Saturday and each cadet brought their own food to cook. We used Trangia stoves which some of the cadets hadn't used before. The pictures are of me explaining and demonstrating how to use them safely.

Training weekend Clowne.

Our second training weekend started at clowne college in Derbyshire, we discussed the various types of out door cooking stoves that are available the advantages and disadvantages of various makes, during the day we also erected different types of tents and discussed the various types.

We also produced a route card for a short walk (10km) and a long walk (25km) which we are going to use in a future training weekend leading Cadets.

The Sunday consisted of the short walk that we planned from the previous day which again was designed to make the walk both interesting and enjoyable.

Reviewing tents and stoves

In session four we looked at expedition preparation including things like group fitness, budgets insurance, we also looked at types of tents including pop ups and mountain tents and the suitibility of each for different types of camps, aswell as the different features of each. We then looked at stoves and the benifits and disadvantages of each and any issues of there use with Cadets.

News and Views

Range of reviewed products 

Session 4 Equipment Checks