Supervising one silver DofE group, of six, for South Derbyshire DofE, on practice. Weather very mixed with cold overnight camping and frosty starts. Particular care taken on avoiding late finishes with clock change over weekend. Some additional work needed on route finding prior to assessment. Camped at Beresford Lane and Upper Hule, below Hen Cloud. Start Ilam Hall to Beresford Lane camp, then over to Upper Hulme with finish at Grin Low CP
Area :White Peak
Lies to the south of the Dark Peak where the underlying rock is limestone - hence the name. Tends to be a little lower in altitude and also may be known as the Derbyshire or Staffordshire Dales.
Supervising one silver DofE group, of six, for South Derbyshire DofE, on practice. Weather very mixed with cold overnight camping and frosty starts. Particular care taken on avoiding late finishes with clock change over weekend. Some additional work needed on route finding prior to assessment. Camped at Beresford Lane and Upper Hule, below Hen Cloud. Start Ilam Hall to Beresford Lane camp, then over to Upper Hulme with finish at Grin Low CP
