Silver DofE Assessed Expedition in the Brecon Beacons

 

Well done to all those students who completed the expedition section of their Silver DofE award.

Silver D of E Practice

A big well done to the super team of Silver DofE students who were out this weekend.  The navigation, campcraft and team morale were of a high standard and the group worked well throughout, setting the standard for the expeditions over the next few weekends.

Ardeche Trip First Report

7 year 10 Pupils, Mr Rees and Mr Starks left Plymouth on the Saturday night ferry  and headed south. After a night in a hotel on route we arrived at our campsite in The Ardeche mid afternoon. We put up the tents and Then Had a swim in the river. We were Treated to an amazing firework display by the river outside our campsite.

On Tuesday we went rock climbing at Fontgarnide and everyone climbed 5 different routes grade 4 - 6a. The afternoon was spent swimming in the river.

Today we went Mountain Biking, a long sweaty cycle up hill lead to a couple of single track downhills before the heat got us and we returned to site by mid afternoon.

The weather so far has been very hot with even hotter periods interspersed with heat waves. Tomorrow we head out on a two day canoe trip down the river.