Gold D of E Austria

Well done to the students who have just returned from Austria on their Gold D of E Expedition. A few steep hills were climbed and the weather gave us a mix of rain, sub zero temperatures and also plenty of heat during the day. The students carried their own equipment and were self sufficient for 4 days. After the expedition, they were treated to a cable car ride up to the Dachstein Galcier with lunch at the top station.

Silver D of E Expedition - Cycling

Over the last three days Alex, Elliot, Charles and David have taken part in a successful Silver D of E expedition. The group chose to use Bicycles as their mode of transport and Exmoor as their venue.
Their Expedition started in the West Somerset seaside town of Minehead.

Day 1 took them via Wootten Courtney, Dunkery Beacon and Stoke Pero before reaching their campsite in the the hamlet of Horner just outside Porlock. The day was quite an awakening for the boys as they climbed from sea level to 350m back down to almost sea level before clmbing back up to Somerset's highest point Dunkery Beacon which is just shy of 600m above sea level.

Day 2 and and early start took the boys back up over Dunkery Beacon to study some water features before descending into the pretty Exmoor village of Exford for more study and finishing at Westermill Farm campsite.

Day 3 took the boys up to Alderman's barrow and across the open moorland to county gate before following the dramatic coastline to Porlock Weir. After a short stop for some food the boys made their way to their finish at Bossington.

Overall a very successful expedition, Nick Owen their assessor was very pleased with their progress, teamwork and expeditioning skills.

Mr D Brice