r o o m t r a D
f o s d l i w e Th Cerberus
Explorer
Unit
On Friday the 13th April, hoping not to tempt the rain gods with our day of travel, the Cerberus Explorer Unit, from New Forest North District, travelled down to the wilds of Dartmoor for a two day walking and hostelling (YHA) experience. We stayed in the Okehampton Youth Hostel, a converted railway maintenance shed, a very sociable and civilised base from which to explore Dartmoor. Our two days walking consisted of an Eleven mile trek on the Saturday, taking in Cosdon Beacon, Little Hound Tor, Hound Tor, Steeperton Tor, Oke Tor, Higher Tor and Belstone Tor, and an Eight mile trek on the Sunday taking in Black Tor, Yes Tor and the High Willhays. As well as all these high points we explored the steep sided valleys and the ancient woodlands as well as some unusual waterworks structures from bygone days, given our current water shortage they may soon be back in use! As well as testing everyone’s navigational skills our main objective was to continue investing new Unit members on ‘the high point of somewhere’, so the High Willhays, the highest point of Dartmoor we invested Alex Alenby, Jack Green, Christian Harding and Josh Lewis. It was also an opportunity to invest Shaun Francis as a District Skills Instructor.