Our group were lucky enough to have the Tamworth Country Music Festival in full swing during our allotted course. In fact, heading in to town on the Friday was encouraged by the staff!
I can't say I'm a massive fan of country music, but the group did bond. The togetherness of our course was noticed by the instructors and OSB, and I attribute that to the time spent away from the base as much as in it.
How much study can one candidate do whilst on Flight Screening? Once you know everything, you know everything... Once you're prepped for the OSB, you're prepped for the OSB... Apart from chair flying there isn't much else you can do.
I agree spacemantan, there was only so much chair flying my brain could take in one day! Very tiring stuff... I believe it was just as important to increase the group dynamic, as it was to sit in your room by yourself for hours on end (a mixture of the two is needed
).