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Old 3rd Jul 2004, 09:31
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Beagle I think they also had plenty of liquid refreshment too.

On the survival aspects we had the record on our sqn for erecting a suspension para teepee, setting out the camp site, and getting a fire going for a meal, a coke fire no less.

We were not allowed, as nuclear deterent crews, to spend the night out in case we caught colds or some such and crippled the super white detergent.

We went to the old airfield at Folkingham and the bus dropped us off in the old bomb dump. Unknown to the PJIs who were supervising this was the same spot as the previous year.

We recovered the rock, with its paracord on, slung it over a tree, hauled up the parachute, recovered our cache of tent pegs made the previous year and set too.

The old radio crate, full of coke, was dry in its hidehole from last year too, and away we went.

Mind you even the modern racing snakes do that. We discovered a cache of parachutes, cooking utensils etc in the wood at Otterburn.
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