44 NAVY NEWS, FEBRUARY 2009
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Adventurous
spirit
Concluding
part of our
stunning
Ark Royal
cutaway
poster
Daring
arrives at
new home
– pictures THIS, believe it or
As you would expect with there’s a local hostelry – Ed). Meanwhile in Wales... said group leader Lt Dave
not, is the Lake
the Lakes, the weather wasn’t The 2,300ft Pavey Ark Nineteen senior and junior rates Burrell.
District, the rD ocky
always clement, but the fi rst provided good shelter from the from HMS Tireless descended Not to be outdone, fellow
day’s hiking up Crinkle Crags worst of the wind on the fi nal on the outdoor training centre at Devonport sailors headed
slopes of Bowfell to s offered stunning vistas – made day, with Easy Gully providing its Tal-y-Bont for some, er, outdoor down the A32 to test their
be prb ecise.
all the more impressive by a light own obstacles and demanding training. mettle on the assault course at
And these are naughty
sprinkling of snow. co-operation among the group The aim was to prepare the RN Leadership Academy in
monkeys making their way m
The following day, in members and individual mettle the various submariners for HMS Collingwood.
towarto ds the summit of the
strengthening north-westerly in an environment of increased impending leadership courses. With their ship HMS Scott
3,000ft peak.3,3
winds, the group was forced to height and exposure. A series of practical tasks and undergoing a lengthy overhaul
Exercise Naughty Monkey
retreat from High Spying How “After building up their demanding physical challenges in Portsmouth Naval Base,
was one of a clutch ofw
at the start of Striding Edge confi dence on steep ground over were laid on around the Welsh eighteen ship’s company,
adventura ous training
(pictured below). the previous days, the course hills. led by CO Cdr Andy Swain,
initiatives seized by Royal in
“While the photographs we members continued to impress “Although the unique decided some AT was the
Navy and Royal MarinesN
took show the group bearing with their levels of commitment challenges posed by life on order of the day.
personnel.
smiles, we were certainly taking and were rewarded with a board a submarine require us Officers should, of course,
Wot no
The Monkeys – aka
people out of their comfort challenging day during which to work together as a close-knit lead by example. And they did.
WE System Engineer and
zones,” said Alan. we experienced all weathers,” team, taking the group to Wales The wardroom were first off
water?
Management Course No.83
“What the pictures don’t show said Alan. allowed us to give them very down the course.
and no, we’ve no idea why
of course is the winds gusting And all this for £15 (although different problems to solve,”
marina Continued on page 42
they earned that nickname
at more than 50mph across the the bad weather was free). Dosh
– Our man
– took a break following an
ridge from RN/RM Sports Lottery
intensive period of written
“I had no intention of adding to and the AT fund kept costs for
in Chad
and oral examinations at
the statistics of deaths recorded the engineers to a minimum.
HMS Collingwood.
due to people being blown off
Lt Alan Ainsworth on
it, so I took the group down for
the course staff guided
some lower level walking though
the intrepid engineers on
Grisedale and into Patterdale”
PPluslus
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