By: Blonde Two
Blonde One and I spent the early part of 2014 trying to decide whether it was going to be a year of triumph or disaster. We concluded about half way through (and, as it turns out were right) that it was going to be both. This review is as much for my treasured friend Blonde One as it is for you Blondees and Blondettes. It is a record of a challenging time when we needed each other, bit off a whole lot of chewing and (obviously) came out the other side -stronger, wiser but a whole lot Blonder!
January – The Two Blondes ponder the busy year ahead.
Ten Tors (1 day walk)
Blonde Two tries hard (but fails) not to write a blog post on New Year’s Day http://wp.me/s2OiIR-no
Both Blondes end up sitting in a hole during a Dartmoor hail storm https://twoblondeswalking.com/dartmoor-jacket-testing/
The NightNavOff challenge is born http://wp.me/p2OiIR-XG and won! http://wp.me/p2OiIR-XM
February – The month of dynamic planning.
Ten Tors (2 days, 1 camp), DofE (2 days, 1 Youth Hostel) 
The Two Blondes first Ten Tors camp of the year http://wp.me/p2OiIR-10P
The Blondes ponder a Dartmoor Winter Olympics http://wp.me/p2OiIR-Yi
The Blondes make lots of plans but Dartmoor proves, once again, that she is in charge! http://wp.me/p2OiIR-YU
The Blondes venture onto another moor and meet a very Silly Bridge. http://wp.me/p2OiIR-108
March – Blonde Two refuses to be redundant.
Ten Tors (4 days, 3 camps) DofE (2 evenings) (Dartmoor Rescue – 1 day)
The Two Blondes undertake some very dynamic emergency planning http://wp.me/p2OiIR-11N
A Dartmoor day of absolute perfection with our Ashburton Dartmoor Rescue friends http://wp.me/p2OiIR-12v
The Blondes face a weekend of “Triumph and Disaster” together and “The Christmas Tissue” is born http://wp.me/p2OiIR-134 –http://wp.me/p2OiIR-137 – http://wp.me/p2OiIR-13b
Blonde Two decides that she is not redundant after all http://wp.me/p2OiIR-15Y
The first Blonde Bimble is published in Active Dartmoor Magazine. http://wp.me/p2OiIR-13u
Dartmoor mothering on Mothering Sunday http://wp.me/p2OiIR-13M
April – How on earth did we fit it all in?
Ten Tors (2 days, 1 camp), DofE (4 days, 1 camp, 1 bunkhouse)
The Blonde Chariot attracts some attention http://wp.me/p2OiIR-13Z
Blonde One demonstrates some extremely good skills http://wp.me/p2OiIR-15p
The Blondes and their DofE youngsters meet Ranger Bill http://wp.me/p2OiIR-14F
Blonde Two contemplates a career change and writes her CV http://wp.me/p2OiIR-162
Two Ten Tors Blondes are grilled by a big cheese http://wp.me/p2OiIR-16i
May – Ten Tors Success (We did that!)
Ten Tors (3 days, 2 camps), DofE (3 days, 2 camps)
The Blondes experience a very wet Dartmoor camp and a sense of humour failure http://wp.me/p2OiIR-16p
Some young heroes are recognised http://wp.me/p2OiIR-175
“Straight through hell with a smile”, Ten Tors success http://wp.me/p2OiIR-17j
Two Blondes, Two mad Dartmoor inventors http://wp.me/p2OiIR-17u
The Two Blondes master (?) the phonetic alphabet http://wp.me/p2OiIR-17C
And develop their own theory of evolution http://wp.me/p2OiIR-19g
June – DofE Bronze Expedition (We did that!)
DofE (2 days, 1 camp)
The dumbness of Blondes is considered and rejected http://wp.me/p2OiIR-19L
Two Blondes go clitter picking http://wp.me/p2OiIR-19L
Both Blondes are moved by some lovely thank you’s http://wp.me/p2OiIR-1aE
The Blondes redefine the word “improvisation” http://wp.me/p2OiIR-1aA
More of 2014 to come later! If you have enjoyed our blog this year, please feel free to vote in the Trespass Blog Awards http://www.trespass.com/blog-awards-voting
It has been incredible! It seems hard to believe that we packed all those things into 6 months!
High time another Blonde Bimble appeared in the magazine! Winter walk? Feb issue
We did promise you one – have added it to my list for next week! Happy New Dartmoor Year!