Flt Lt Micheal Hudson - Race Diary - Wednesday 20 June 2012

Today was the second full day of training for The Team. We arrived very late on Saturday night after a monumental drive from Calais meaning we had to do the shopping on Monday morning (Sunday is full day closing in Germany). Monday afternoon saw The Team acquainting and reacquainting themselves with the Biathlon arena in Ruhpolding and the roller ski tracks. We had our first tumble of the summer training with myself inspecting the gravel at the bottom of a hill. Tuesday was more roller skiing in the morning at a different location. More hills this time to allow us to practice hill techniques. In the afternoon we spent time on The Range at The Arena, with the more experienced members practicing firing drills and with Grant (Wilson) and I getting to grips with and personalising the rifle. The temperature has been peaking at an impressive 36 degrees in the afternoon encouraging electric storms to come rolling down the valley during the evening and at night. Today we walked up the Rauschberg, Nordic style. This is a mountain in the foothills of the Alps standing at 1675M ASL. The afternoon was spent zeroing and learning the routine for range days. Tomorrow should be a reasonably intense day as well so be sure to log in for the next instalment of the RAF Regt Team news.