20 conditions

My first Gold Duke of Edinburgh Assessment of the summer starts tomorrow, so today I took my time wandering over to meet the group.
They didn't arrive in Eskdale till late, so I had time to have a wander around the Duddon Valley, surely a contender for most beautiful valley in the country. Sadly cloud base was just above the trees, but along the river was wonderful - though its suddenly cold in the North.

2 have dropped out since training, but that's cool, part of growing up and developing, the remaining participants are now two teams and seem keen if a little apprehensive. I've had to leave them with some homework to reconsider the aim and associated project for their expeditions - but the routes look well thought out. There's quite a disparity in difficulty; equally at training there was quite a disparity of ability.
For those not familiar with the Award there are 20 conditions that need to be met, so the real fun starts tomorrow....

Philosophy Friday
The young man knows the rules. The old man knows the exceptions.