The 2009-10 season of training is now under way with the Taster Days. Year 8 on Saturday October 3rd and Year 9 Sunday October 11th. The full list of dates can be found on the Dairy page.

Any Year 9 and above who wishes to take part in this years training MUST come to the COMPULSORY parents/carers evening on Wednesday 4th November in the College Theatre  7pm.

Registration meetings for each walk will now take place during tutor time in Abbotsham Hall the week prior to any walk. Year 9 and above on Wednesday’s, Year 8 on Tuesday.

The promise of a wet & windy day in Woolacombe  is not the sort of thing to entice many people out of a nice warm bed early on a Saturday morning, but it didn’t seem to put off 39 Year 8 students who took part in the Year 8 taster walk this weekend. Despite the poor weather all three teams made it around the route in record time at least an hour quicker than normal. Staff were genuinely surprised at the speed but not at the enthusiasm shown by the group. Hopefully it will inspire them to take part in the future training sessions with a view to entering next years Exmoor Challenge. One of the highlights of the day was a chance encounter, just East of Bull point, with canine legend ‘Scooby Doo’ who was taking part in a British Heart Foundation sponsored walk from Ilfracombe to Woolacombe. No sign of Scrappy or Shaggy but it didn’t seem to bother anyone too much. Well done to all who took part.