Soldiers from all over the world are training with our troops for the missions after Afghanistan in Otterburn in Northumberland.

I pulled on my waterproofs and boots to join them in the military’s brand of North East countryside:

The regular army and reservists – that’s the TA – are also training together in Otterburn.

It’s something they’ll have to do more and more now as the government wants to use more reservists to save money.

I’ve been out on the training hills with them too: