This has been a very successful year.110 Year 10 students are completing
the Bronze Award with expeditions in the Cotswolds. Year 11 students
took part in the Silver Assessment on Exmoor, and Sixth Form Students
canoed along the Great Glen in the North of Scotland The pictures
below show the Silver an Bronze expeditions
Gold Expedition July 2007
In early July 24 students from years 12 and 13 completed their canoe
expediion along the Great Glen from Fort William to Inverness
The start from the top of Neptunes Staircase at the beginning of
the Caledonian Canal
Our first campsite in the shadow of Ben Nevis
Canoeing through Loch Ness
Finding a site for wild camping
Silver Expedition July 2007
21 year 11
students coped with very challenging weather conditions to complete
theie Assessed Expedition on Exmoor
Advice from the assessor
before setting out
Our base at the Doon Valley
Campsite
Watersmeet near Lynmouth,
with the river in spate.
Goats in the Valley of
the Rocks, Lynton
Bleak conditions on the
moor
A group approaches
the finsh across the rain-swept moor
Gold Canoe Practice
on the Wye
Four groups of Sixth Formers recently completed
their practice expedition for the Gold Award, canoeing down the River
Wye. This was a very successful expedition in excellent weather conditions
as the pictures show. We are all looking forward to the asseessed
expedition in July, which wil take place on the Great Glen in scotland
The view from Hoarwithy campsite before the morning mist cleared
Final advice from the instructors.
The tranquil River Wye
Through the gorge at Symonds Yat
Passing Monmouth School
....and under Monmouth bridge to the finish at Bigsweir
