By: Blonde One
Season 21! I can hardly believe that I have just started training teenagers for Ten Tors for the 21st year! I have to admit to… Read full article
World Challenge training at Heatree Activity Centre
By: Blonde One
You might wonder why on earth training on a cold, wet Dartmoor is a good idea for an expedition to Morocco! Well, World Challenge have… Read full article
The Great DofE Camping Chair Experiment
By: Blonde Two
This VERY SERIOUS Duke of Edinburgh’s Award experiment was carried out on Exmoor in July 2019. Its aim was to investigate ways to maximise the… Read full article
Friday’s Phrase
By: Blonde Two
This week’s Friday’s Phrase came from a fabulous young lady who showed enthusiasm and interest right the way through her very hot Silver DofE Expedition…… Read full article
Monday Mashup – Buckingham Palace
By: Blonde One
How very lucky I felt on a recent trip to Buckingham Palace to celebrate the achievement of three of my Gold DofE participants. They worked… Read full article
Twenty Years Voluntary Service to Ten Tors
By: Blonde One
A very exciting thing happened at Ten Tors this year as well as the fantastic efforts again by the Trinity School team and the other… Read full article
Tuesday’s Ten – Excellent DofE Expedition Aims
By: Blonde One
As well as being a mission for showing off navigation, teamwork and camp skills, a DofE expedition is also supposed to be fun. Each expedition,… Read full article
Monday Mashup
By: Blonde Two
Strange tent visitations aren’t a regular occurrence in the life of a Blonde and, when they do happen, they are mostly animal related. However I… Read full article
How to get your DofE teams out of camp in the morning
By: Blonde Two
DofE teams do occasionally leave camp early having risen promptly, done organised things with breakfast and worked as a team to strike camp and pack… Read full article
Jubilee Challenge
By: Blonde One
As promised, here’s the story about my first venture into the Jubilee Challenge event that is a very important part of the Ten Tors weekend…. Read full article
One Word Wednesday
By: Blonde Two
One word but then, being Blonde, we always have a few more to say. This time about some wooden tents on Dartmoor that weren’t really… Read full article
A new and exciting adventure for Blonde One
By: Blonde One
You might be mistaken for thinking that there is no Dartmoor adventure that I haven’t experienced before. Certainly, I’ve done lots of things related to… Read full article
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