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Three cadets and one member of staff attended the London Area Summer Camp at Crowborough. The week was packed with activities such as kayaking, adventure training, drill, seamanship, first aid and leadership.

The three cadets came home for a couple of days before travelling to Cornwall with five other cadets from the Unit for a week of more extreme adventure with the London Area Adventure Training Team at Summer Rock. Activities included sea canoeing, coasteering, rock climbing, adventure training and surfing.

Cadet Gabrielle Bueser said that Summer Camp was fun and that she enjoyed making new friends with cadets from other Units. Gabrielle was even more enthused by Summer Rock: "Summer Rock is wicked. I super enjoyed the activities, especially the surfing and coasteering. The location of the camp [RAF St Mawgan] was amazing!". Able Cadet Teddy Janes throughly enjoyed Summer Rock and commented that he particularly loved the rock climbing and the food.

Photo: The way down is easier than the way up!

The Units Parents’ and Supporters’ Association hosted the CFVA’s Summer Social, the event was deemed a great success. Eddie Dibley, the CFVA’s secretary wrote: “My sincere thanks for your efforts in ensuring that last Sunday was a huge success. A feeling shared by all who attended I would like to add!” For an account of who the CFVA represents see the web entry for 21^st July 2013.

Thanks are due to PASA committee members Maureen (Mo) Ambler (and husband Tony) and Maria Odete; PASA members Samya Soriel and Gearoid O’Caoimh and Cadets Jonathan, Antony and Callum.

Photo, left to right: Samya, Maria, Callum and Antony 

The past couple of months have seen a flurry of good training outcomes:

CADETS

Teddy Janes, Malanie Villacis-Freire, Jonathan Gors-Baldajos, Svetlana Nartey and Grace Whitton have passed the Ropework and Rigging Course.

Able Cadet Zak Bartley passed his RYA Level 2 Powerboat course at the Sea Cadet Training Centre at HMS Rayleigh.

Junior Cadets Raymond Borg, Tommylee Borg, Aron Leader and Alex Amin attained the JSC Green Outdoor and Recreation Badge while camping in the New Forest.

Teddy Janes has passed the Supervised Cox course.

Emilia Temblett has passed both RYA Level 1 and Level 2 Powerboat.

Cadet 1st Class Imogen Singer obtained Offshore- Sail Grade 1, during a week aboard TS Royalist.

Cadet 1st Class Dawid Wozniak passed Marine Engineering Class 2.

ADULTS

Eight adults have passed the Protecting Information Course, including Emilia- now a member of staff.

Dominic Kennedy has passed the Adult Induction Course.

Jason Rochester has passed the Basic Leadership Module and he has also passed the Marine Engineering Advanced Instructor Course.

Well done, all of you!

Photo: On the yardarm, Imogen centre left. Imogen’s trip departed Gosport, taking in Dieppe and Boulogne before returning to the UK.

A small group of Cadets represented the Unit at the International Cargo Insurance Conference held at the picturesque Heythrop Park Conference Centre near Chipping Norton. The organisers had very kindly invited the Cadets to attend the gala dinner. The Cadets piped the other guests to dinner. Able Cadet Bartley delivered a short speech to the Conference about the Unit’s recent trip to the Norfolk Broads. This speech is unlikely to be forgotten by the audience. Though however entertaining AB Bartley might have been, he was not quite capable of eclipsing the official guest speaker, Brian Blessed.

The Unit thanks the guests for their individual generosity and the Conference Organisers for their generous donation to the Unit. Special thanks must go to the Conference Chairman, Aiden Holly of Lloyds.

Photo: Left to right- Zak, James, Imogen  and our UMT Chairman, Captain (MN) John L David.

See Zak and James with Brian Blessed on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CityofLondonSCC?fref=ts

This is the day when as much of the Unit as can be mustered, collects money for the Unit. Starting early with train and underground stations, together with the north end of London Bridge the Cadets, uniformed staff and adult helpers collected donations from commuters. After, a rest and feed, the Unit spread itself around the City for the lunchtime crowds. It is not policy to publicise amounts- nevertheless the day was very, very successful.

Thanks go out to the Corporation of London, London Underground Ltd and Network Rail for the various permissions. Special thanks are due to the Mission for Seafarers for the use of their premises as base for the day and also the shift managers at Cannon Street Station for their friendly efficiency.

More photographs are on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CityofLondonSCC?fref=ts

Photo: Cadet Nartey and Unit Management Team member Graham Smith at Cannon Street.