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Two boats of Abingdon sailors crossed the
English Channel navigating from Gosport in
the Solent across to Cherbourg and back.
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Exploring the Brecon Beacons,
the Second Year hiked Pen y Fan,
canoed on the River Wye, caved,
climbed and gorge walked.
The Upper Sixth on
tour in Valencia
The Silver DofE yachting
practice expedition
in the Solent saw
students sail from
Gosport to Poole
followed by a complete
circumnavigation of the
Isle of Wight.
Sri Lanka
Valencia
Crossing the Channel
37 fourth year
students travelled
to Berlin visiting
the Reichstag
Building,
Sachsenhausen
Concentration
Camp, the
DDR Museum,
the Wannsee
Conference House
and Frederick the
Great’s Palace
Sanssouci.
Berlin
Third year boarders enjoyed a day out
in Bristol, visiting the @Bristol Science
Museum and enjoying a spot of shopping.
Visiting Colombo,
Kandy, Dambulla,
Bentota and Galle,
the boys enjoyed
some magnificent
opportunities to
play on fantastic
grounds and
sample the
vast cultural
experiences that Sri
Lanka has to offer.