On Saturday the 18th March, our Ten Tors training team made their way from Lee Moor Village navigating to tracks, wading through fords and finding their way around Great Trowelsworthy Tor to head to Gutter Tor. The weather was not kind to us, once again, and the heavens opened with the fog coming down to make sure the students had to work extra hard to navigate their way to Eylesbarrow Tin Mine, past Nuns Cross and onwards to Princetown. The students completed a substantial distance before we made the decision to call the walk at Princetown due to the harrowing weather conditions and the students being soaked through. The following day we saw that a walker had broken his leg on Birch Tor due to the slippery conditions and the mountain rescue team had to deploy for another school as they could no longer walk. The news proved to us that we have the safety of our students at the forefront of our planning and this has been passed down to our students who always walk safely and consider all aspects of the route.
This walk demonstrated good pace, good teamwork and careful map reading, our team never let us down with their enthusiasm and effort despite the rain and the temperature. Due the team working hard and not giving up, we have now created our final Ten Tors 35 mile team and are soon to confirm our Ten Tors 45 mile team. Watch this space.
Our next training event will be our 2nd camp which will involve 2 days walking and a wild camp during the Easter break.
