CCF

I am back people!

I have just returned from a 3-day CCF trip into the wild. We left on Saturday afternoon, to set up a camp, and patrol. This seemed fun, but it got a bit boring, because after 5 hours of sentry duty, nothing had happened. The same for the night duties. I was lucky to have one from 6 till 6.30, but others had one from 4 till 5, and I am talking about am time. This was the start of a new freezing day. I had only two undershirts and the regular Cadet kit, but luckily I have a weird metabolism that makes it hard for me to feel cold. Just to give an example, all I wear in the winterweekends is one undershirt. I put on my gloves, and was ready for Sunday. On Sunday morning we went out to "attack" our enemies, but I wasn't allowed to carry a rifle, because I had not done a safety test. In the afternoon, we went for a hike of around about 14 kilometers. It was not exhausting, but mostly boring, because we had to walk one gigantic lap around a shooting range. My team came in second, which was pretty good, because we left as last team. In the evening we went to sleep in barracks rather than the bashes/tents we slept in the first night, because the temperature was about to drop to -8 degrees Celsius. Monday morning we woke up at 6 o'clock. After a quick breakfast We had some survival lessons about traps, shelter, clean water, and making fire. We then had to show what we had learned in teams by making fire, setting traps, and building shelter and finding clean water. I made a pretty good fire, which means that my team had a well cooked trout to eat. There was however a lot of smoke, making my eyes tear, and I still smell like it whilst I am writing this. In the afternoon, we went clay pigeon shooting with shotguns. After a quick instruction, we, in teams of four, had to shoot as many flying dishes as possible. I hit 6 of the 80, which was pretty good, because it was my first time, my shotgun blocked after the first 50 dishes, and most people didn't reach 5 hits. Call of Duty is good for something after all. Then we went back to Reed's, to have some rest.

That was my exiting weekend, I still have to upload my photos of my room (which is a big mess). The next post I will do it. I got this. Peace out.