Day 2 Silver Exped

Day 2 silver expedition. Despite heavy packs and blisters teams soldiering on! Go for it teams! #TAresilience ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award⁩ ⁦Vicky Day⁩ ⁦Adventure Academy⁩

Day 2 of their Silver Practice. Teams 5 and 6 on the right route. Three quarters of the route completed. Final push to camp guys! 💪 ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦Adventure Academy⁩ ⁦Vicky Day⁩ ⁦The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award⁩

Day 2 complete! Tents up, get food cooked then sleep! Day 3 - repeat! 👍 almost there teams - one day to go! ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦Adventure Academy⁩ ⁦The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award⁩ ⁦Vicky Day⁩

Day 3 adventures for our determined Year 11 DofE Silver students! Not far to go guys! 💪💪💪⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award⁩ ⁦Adventure Academy⁩

They did it! 🥳 🎉 amazing effort guys! You have smashed this weekend! Bring on the qualifying expedition in 3 weeks time! 💪💪💪 ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦Adventure Academy⁩ ⁦The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award⁩

DofE Silver Practice expedition Day 3

Day 1 DofE Silver expedition. TA year 11s living the dream! Some teams trekking over south Dartmoor, some taking the low road ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦Adventure Academy⁩ ⁦theperfectlanguage⁩ ⁦The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award⁩

Camp made on Day 1. Well done teams. You’ve smashed the first day! ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦Adventure Academy⁩

Culinary delights created at Harford campsite. Get fuelled up for tomorrow teams! 💪 ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦Adventure Academy⁩ ⁦theperfectlanguage⁩ ⁦The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award⁩

Amazing sunrise at Harford Campsite! Teams beginning to get ready for Day 2

Planning their route on Day 2 and beautiful scenery encountered! Doing well teams! ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦Adventure Academy⁩ @

Team 1 making amazing progress. And one of the DofE staff preparing to meet a struggling team! ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦Adventure Academy⁩

Teams make camp at end of Day 2. 18km completed after 15km in Day1. One day left guys! 💪 ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦Adventure Academy⁩ ⁦The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award⁩

Day 2 done. Rainy night ahead team - and tomorrow morning is looking very wet too guys. Waterproofs on! ☔️

Teams getting ready for the final day on their DofE Silver expedition! Despite some blisters, pouring rain and force 8 gusts in the night and morning, all are in remarkably high spirits! Smash it guys! 💪👍 ⁦Adventure Academy⁩ ⁦The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award⁩ ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦⁦

After almost 50km of trekking over the last 3 days the end is near! But only after some gruelling SW Coast Path action near Fort Bovisand! You can do it teams! ⁦Adventure Academy⁩ ⁦Steve Margetts⁩ ⁦The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award⁩

1km to go and teams reaching the expedition end at Mountbatten Breakwater, Plymouth! Amazing effort from our Year 11 Silver DofE students! You aced it guys! 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

Spring is here! Some of the students even have a spring in their riding…