Christmas Climbing

Today the climbing club visited the Marjons climbing wall.  Even though only three students came along they had a great time putting the skills they have learnt at school into practice.

White Water Paddling - The Loop

Today the Ad Bac students were out on The Loop section of the River Dart with Mr Agnew. This is another Grade 2(3) river like the Walkham on Tuesday but is more often paddled as it is better known. Sean, Will and Alex all did well negotiing rapids such as Lovers Leap, The Washing Machine, Triple Drop and The Spin Dryer.

White Water Paddling - River Walkham

Today the Adventure Bac students completed their third white water kayaking trip, the route took them down the Rivers Walkham and Tavy, both grade 2/3 rivers. All of the students managed to develop their paddling skills in an environment that was challenging and sometimes uncomfortable. With a number of rapids to run, flat sections to paddle and various obstacles to get around the team had an experience to remember.

River Dart Paddling Day 2

The Adventure Bac students headed back out to the River Dart for a second day of Whitewater paddling.  Today they started at Holme Bridge and paddled down to Buckfastleigh.  This section of the river is slightly more technical than Tuesdays, with slightly larger rapids and a few drops.  Their paddling skills  and confidence in a kayak have improved greatly over the last two sessions.

River Dart Paddling

The Adventure Bac students headed out onto the River Dart today with Mr Agnew for their first day of Whitewater Kayaking. The section from Buckfastleigh to Staverton contains a few rapids which are ideal for learning on. Although some of the students had a number of swims, they all had a good day and showed improvement.

Mr G Starks.

Mountain Biking

Today we took some students up to Haldon Forest for Mountain biking.  We started on the family trail to get ourselves warmed up, before testing our skills on the larger of the two skill circuits, then finally heading out on to the blue trail.  The trails where extremely wet and muddy due to the recent rain fall, everyone got completly soaked and very muddy but enjoyed it.

Ten Tors Training 2

Out on Daretmoor again with 3 teams training for the Ten Tors event. The weather was great today but there was plenty of mud underfoot.. About 20km covered today and a number of Tors were walked over in the process.