Physical Education

My Mendip Challenge - Day 8 #MendipRidge

The Mendip Hills landscape has spectacular dry valleys and gorges, ancient sinkholes and depressions, and impressive rocky outcrops. Not forgetting the most well-known Karst feature in Britain - Cheddar Gorge!

For today's challenge you need to get moving! We want to know how many steps you do today, use an app on your phone such as FitBit (you don't need an actual FitBit). The Cheddar gorge circular walk is 5.5km approximately 7000 steps! Walking is simple, free and one of the easiest ways to get more active and become healthier. But how many steps should you be doing and are you walking fast enough? Or do you want to climb a mountain in your own home on the stairs?

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Discovering Black Down - Orienteering Course

A permanent orienteering course on Burrington Ham which can be used for formal orienteering training by schools or uniformed groups or just as a day out for families to have fun and discover the natural and historic wonders of the commons.

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