NOW in its 51st year, the Ten Tors challenge kicked off last weekend with some 2,400 participants.

Around 400 teams of six, who trekked across 35, 45 or 55 miles of open moorland, started their expedition at Okehampton Camp on Saturday morning. Clear blue skies and sunshine provided participants with near perfect conditions to start their journey.

Pictured here are the members of Okehampton College's 35-mile team.

Mike Deacon, Ten Tors assistant manager with Okehampton College, said: 'The thirty-five mile team got in very early, at around half past nine. They were the second team home overall, which shows they went really well.

'The forty-five mile team got in just after ten o'clock, and they also did fantastically. The fifty-five mile team got back at around one o'clock in the afternoon following a few difficulties and one of the team having to drop out, but they all did brilliantly as well.'

Report and more pictures — pages 20, 37, 40 and 41.

Picture by

James Bird