Rock Climbing in Dartmoor - Bryanston Geography Field-trip

This was the best thing I did when at Bryanston School (Blandford, Dorset). It was a few days in Dartmoor, and we got to go rock-climbing. This was my first ever go at it, and I remember that it tested me to the limit. I had totally unsuitable trainers on (they had soles that flared out at the bottom, which meant that I needed a huge foothold to get any decent grip). I had my Super-8 camera in a sort of improvised holster.

This climb completely changed the way I looked at the world. I became aware of how convenient all the surfaces I walked on were (stairs etc.) and I looked at buildings in a new way - seeing them not as a succession of flat floors, but as far more 3D, intricate, and climbable.

Clearly visible in this film are James A'Court and Cara Frost, class-mates of mine, a mystery lad from the year below ours, and our teacher Mr Bourne who is seen abseiling in a spectacularly tweedy outfit, including deer-stalker and plus-fours. www.LloydianAspects.co.uk

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[mhclimber]

Dewerstone?

[lindybeige]

Is that an identification of the place? No idea, quite possibly.

[mordechaimordechai]

See that a school trip that involves sweating!!! I myself was introduced to rockclimbing in boyscouts... good luck triyng to do those type of things now. Must be impossible to get the permissions and the likes

[mhclimber]

I am sure it is Dewerstone.

North of Plymouth south Devon, a really nice place to climb on a hot sunny day

[MrDeverill]

looks like fun.