This afternoon the support team headed off in the direction of Princetown - a prison in the middle of Dartmoor. Janette and Rach ran ahead to meet the weary staff team to find one staff member had fallen into a bog thigh deep. Feet looked to be growing webbed attachments as their boots were all so moist!
Before hand, the support team (Mary, Janette, Rach, Chris and Sheila) sat down to a cream tea and watched the looming hills to catch a glimpse of the teams. We waited and waited and waited some more, getting quite worried about the teams progress...
When we eventually met up with the staff team, we thought they looked rather rain battered and tired, but 2 snickers bars and some hot chocolate later, they raced ahead getting through some more tors and are back on track. One tor had to be missed due to bad conditions, but we're hopeful about their progress tomorrow.
The students have had a dreadful day - the streams have become rivers. Two team members ended up giving fireman's lifts to the girls to get them across the river: how heroic of them! Sadly their route had been very poor, so we have had to adapt the route in order that they complete it.
They are now erecting tents and cooking dinner - and look forward to many Zzzzzzz.....
10 tors will still be visited... tune in tomorrow to find out more!
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