Summer Camps

As a young soldier (RCT) we used to go on summer camps after the Summer Sales Exercises. These were great times loads of boozing farting and belching and chasing the fraulines mmmmm.

We once went to a place called Marrienhagen somewhere near the Mona Dam. The village put on a dance for us and treated us like royalty. Did any of you have summer camps?

No.

I understand Shelldrake you were busy defending us from the Russians.

I only ever attended one Dusty, in the last year of my service as it happens, It was not a HQ level type think I'm afraid. Having said that, the Hong Kong one was great fun, stuck out on peng chau island I think it was, great water skiing activities and stuff.

Eckernförde twice,and just as you describe it Tony. Good fun apart from a little twat of a Lt. wanting to play at soldiers.

Tony Miller wrote:

I understand Shelldrake you were busy defending us from the Russians.

Got it in one, Tony!

Moselle valley and Bavaria at different times. Went in the Chitty chitty bang bang castle. Purely in the interests of research of course and not because we were big softies like!

Summer Camps . . . did a lot of Firing Camps. Would that be the same ?

brum wrote:

Summer Camps . . . did a lot of Firing Camps. Would that be the same ?

Pyromaniac!

Hush Teabag....It`s his night to morrow

Teabag wrote:

brum wrote:

Summer Camps . . . did a lot of Firing Camps. Would that be the same ?

Pyromaniac!

How dare you sir , I didn't eat all the pies !

As a young Sapper the only summer camp I ever went on was Hameln Bridge Camp!

We did a lot of adventure training - Idea behind them was to learn skills which could be adapted for military use ie skiing, parachuting, mountaineering, abseiling etc but the afternoons and evenings made for party all over.

brum wrote:

Summer Camps . . . did a lot of Firing Camps. Would that be the same ?

Brum, I think that you may trying to preach to the converted here - they have no concept of what we had to endure as defenders of the Realm while they were Grape Picking and Fraternising!

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they have no concept of what we had to endure as defenders of the Realm

But only on weekdays of course.

Jim's a major general. Saluting you now sir!

jim wrote:

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they have no concept of what we had to endure as defenders of the Realm

But only on weekdays of course.

Of course - the German didn't take too kindly to us making loud noises and driving over their land at the weekend - besides that we were too busy on the P***.