Just worked out that to get our most westerly cadets in Omagh to gliding at Kirknewton is a 246 mile trip one way with a sea crossing showing at 6hrs 30 mins travel time . So on the first ferry over ,7:30 leaving home 04:30 to get to the port for one hour before sailing, docking at 9:30 ish probably arriving at Kirknewton after 13:00 , possibility of flying that day ? To get the return trip home ,and I have done similar several times on sports trips ,would need leaving Kirknewton at around 15:30 to get the 19:30 ferry back with the cadets arriving home at around 00:30 hrs all ready for school on Monday !
Gliding for NI cadets will not happen .