Plans for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Well, today I have been working on finalising the arrangments for our trip to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Personally, I have wanted to attend the tattoo for years and we have been trying to get tickets but they are like gold dust. This year though we decided to go as a Squadron and yippee we got 30 tickets (booked in November last year), excellent!

We are staying at the Sea Cadet accomodation at Rosyth and are going to make a bit of a weekend of it. We hope to arrive at Rosyth around 4pm on Friday afternoon and after dinner plan to take the cadets to one of the local Air Cadet ranges for some .22 marksmanship (an excellent tool to teach youngster self discipline).

On Saturday we are going to visit the Royal Yacht Brittannia at Leith. Their website states we will tour "five of Britannia’s magnificent decks, taking you through the fabulous State Apartments and crew’s quarters, and ending in the gleaming Engine Room". Photo "Men's Quarters in the Britannia" by cyocum, Flickr.

After dinner we will then be attending the highlight of the Trip, the Tattoo before heading back to Rosyth. On Sunday we are taking a trip down the Edinburgh Dungeons (bit scary for me but hey ho) then we are heading for Fordel Firs activity centre for some archery, climbing and the challenge course. We will then round off with some swimming or bowling on Sunday evening before heading home again the following morning.

Sound great, I'm so glad I am part of the Air Cadets!