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19As it happened, our captors made a slight mistake because we'd already passed the checkpoint they thought we were aiming for so we actually didn't lose any great distance or time. Morale did get a little low when we had to pull each other out of some very boggy ground in the dark, but we managed to get to what we thought was the final checkpoint before it opened, so we sat there and waited.Of course, our map reading wasn't as good as we thought, so when the checkpoint had been open for a couple of hours and there was no sign of either directing staff or other groups, we had a rethink and eventually decided we were on the wrong hill.However, our poor map-reading had saved us a lot of hassle, because we eventually discovered that when the directing staff did arrive to open the final checkpoint they found the enemy was using it for an ambush spot. The enemy had to move away, but had we really arrived at the checkpoint earlier we would have been captured again. Merv PotterWhen is a River not a River?For the Escape and Evasion phase of Exercise King Rock in Germany, we were divided into 4-men groups and driven about 20 miles, given a map and a compass and the coordinates of RDV 1 where we would be given the coordinates of RDV 2 and subsequently RDV 3 and then %u201chome%u201d. A regiment of the British Army had orders to stop us reaching the RDV points and to %u201carrest%u201d us. Our group was composed of Ibrahim Shogran, our Jordanian Air Force chum, a Maltese Sandhurst Cadet, Mike Dixon and me. Shoggy we knew as very strong but not always quick to catch on. We were soon to realise that the Maltese lad was overweight and lazy. Mike and I, both in the College Athletics and Cross-Country teams, were very fit.