Welcome to my DofE Supervisors' Training Expedition page.
On the weekend of 7/8/9 June 2013, a group of Duke of Edinburgh's (DofE) Award helpers for Bohunt School, Liphook, travelled to the Peak District in Derbyshire to undergo Supervisors' Training. This was in preparation for helping with Bronze DofE practice and assessed expeditions in the coming months.
Those helpers were Andrew, Andrew, Frances, Ginny, Jo, John, Neil, Neil, Paul, Rob and Steve, under the tuition of Steve, Aysa and Stuart. For our training expedition we split into two teams, which became known as the elite and non-elite team.
The elite team comprised Ginny, John, Neil, Neil and Paul with Aysa, and planned a more demanding route suitable for mountain goats.
The non-elite team comprised Andrew, Andrew, Frances, Jo, Rob and Steve with Stuart, and planned a route for a good hike with nice views.
Thanks to David, Shaf and Phil at Bohunt School, Liphook, and Steve, Aysa and Stuart of Bull Expeditions, for organising and delivering a terrific training experience!
Elite team's photos
The following are photos of the elite team's expedition, that's Ginny, John, Neil, Neil and Paul with Aysa, taken on Saturday 8 June 2013.
Our planned route
Hardhurst Farm campsite and Win Hill
Mam Tor and Lose Hill
Hope Cement Works and limestone quarry
Lose Hill and the Kinder Plateau
Lose Hill and DofE Supervisor Trainees
Paul, Neil, Ginny, Neil and John
The Kinder Plateau
The Guide Post: leaving all Hope behind
Lose Hill, Hollins Cross and Mam Tor
Looking back: Hope Valley and Lose Hill
Looking back: Woodlands Valley and Ladybower Reservoir
Looking back: Woodlands Valley, Win Hill and Hope Valley
Heading for Crookstone Out Moor
The Vale of Edale
Taking in the view
Paul, Neil, Ginny, our trainer Aysa, and John
Lunch stop
Grindsbrook Clough, the Vale of Edale and Mam Tor
Looking up from Grindsbrook Clough at our lunch stop
The Old Nags Head, Edale: the official start of the Pennine Way
Looking back across the Vale of Edale to Grindsbrook Clough, Grindslow Knoll
and the Kinder Plateau
Heading up to Hollins Cross, Back Tor and Lose Hill
Mam Tor and paragliders, from Hollins Cross
Paragliders to the east of Mam Tor
Castleton and the Hope Valley
Looking back to Mam Tor
Looking back again across the Vale of Edale to Grindsbrook Clough, Grindslow Knoll
and the Kinder Plateau
Descending towards Hope
Rehydration at The Cheshire Cheese Inn, Hope
360° panorama from the ridge path between Hollins Cross and Lose Hill
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360° panorama from Lose Hill
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Non-elite team's photo
DofE Supervisor Trainees on Lose Hill
Steve, Rob, Stuart, Frances, Jo, Andrew and Andrew
This page was last updated on 2 February 2020.
