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The Duchess of Cambridge braved new heights as she tried out abseiling on a visit to the Lake District <\/p>\n
Kate took the plunge at Cathedral Quarry in Little Langdale, Cumbria after having a go at mountain biking with a group of Air Cadets on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Itelouwa Odipe (13 years old), from Lancaster, spoke with the duchess as she waited for her chance to abseil.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cShe was about to abseil and I was next in line so she asked me if I wanted to go before her. I was a bit scared so I said no.<\/p>\n \u201cShe said if I did she would meet me down there.\u201d<\/p>\n The teenager spoke to her again after deciding not to brave the drop.<\/p>\n \u201cShe said it was really good and I should try it,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n \u201cI think she was very kind. Even though she is a royal highness she still does things normal humans do.\u201d<\/p>\n The duchess asked teenagers about their activities and how the pandemic affected their mental health.<\/p>\n She said of the activities: \u201cIt\u2019s so great to have these challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n Josh Binnie, 15, from the Kendal squadron of the cadets, told her about his experience in a glider and was asked by the duchess whether it made him travel sick.<\/p>\n When he said no, she replied: \u201cYou\u2019re made of tougher stuff than me.\u201d<\/p>\n Josh said: \u201cShe was very nice, a lot less formal than I expected.\u201d<\/p>\n Fergus Ripley, 16, from Lancaster, said: \u201cIt was a fantastic experience to talk to Her Royal Highness.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was great to see her get involved.\u201d<\/p>\n The cadets also made a cup of tea for the duchess, who wore black jeans and a green coat with brown boots.<\/p>\n Abby Armstrong, 14, from Lancaster, said: \u201cI found out this morning we would be meeting her and it was a total shock. I was just like \u2018wow\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was very nice and not what I was expecting, she was more down to earth.\u201d<\/p>\n The duchess also spoke to former cadet Emma Wolstenholme, 39, who is planning to row across the Atlantic to raise funds for the organisation in its 80th anniversary year.<\/p>\n Ms Wolstenholme said: \u201cShe thinks it\u2019s incredible, an amazing challenge.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s such a great cause. I joined the cadets at 13 and went from being the quietest kid in the school to one of the more confident, outdoorsy and adventurous ones.\u201d<\/p>\n The visit marked the reopening of the Windermere Adventure Training Centre following a \u00a32 million refit.<\/p>\n This centre will allow hundreds of cadets to visit the Lake District every year. They can take part in a variety of activities and build their leadership skills.<\/p>\n After spending time with the cadets, Kate was due to go on a boat trip with with two of the \u201cWindermere Children\u201d, a group of 300 child Holocaust survivors who came to stay in the Lake District in 1945.<\/p>\n She will also meet relatives of survivors to talk about how their loved ones\u2019 time in Cumbria helped them to go on to build successful lives in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Duchess of Cambridge braved new heights as she tried out abseiling on a visit to the Lake District Kate took the plunge at Cathedral Quarry in Little Langdale, Cumbria after having a go at mountain biking with a group of Air Cadets on Tuesday. Itelouwa Odipe (13 years old), from Lancaster, spoke with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":26773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1632295398_Kate-tries-out-abseiling-on-a-visit-to-Lake-District-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}