It was 9.45 a.m. when I entered the battlefield. My mind was racing as I drove slowly down the track. I had no idea what to expect. I had played Paintball and Laser Quest but not this. Surely this was more like the real thing, it had to be, I'd heard it's used by the British Armed Forces for recruitment.

An eerie silence hung in the air. A deer darted across in front of me.

I parked the car and made my way to where other men and women were chatting.

Everyone had arrived and the briefing commenced.

Questions over, I was assigned to my squad, my palms sweating as I was issued my rifle.

Suddenly someone shouted, "OKAY, LET'S GO".

There was no going back.

It had begun......