THE month of May looks set to continue as the time for the popular annual Ten Tors Expedition, following an annual report by the Dartmoor Steering Group.
The DSG resolves potential conflicts between military training and the National Park purposes.
In the report the DSG considered a review of Ten Tors by 43 (Wessex) Brigade, who co-ordinate the Ten Tors Expedition, which focused on the timing and management of the event.
A key concern is that Ten Tors is the only major recreation event that is allowed in the National Park during the bird breeding season.
However the review concluded that for practical, military and school curriculum-related reasons, May was the only viable time of year that Ten Tors could be organised, but that revised guidelines for the training period should help to reduce the pressure on the Moor during training.
A series of practical management measures were agreed by the group together with an annual process for learning lessons and a commitment to a full review in three years time.