The ‘Walking in Their Shoes’ project is run by youngsters from the Routes advice and information centre.

The group, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, will be walking in the footsteps of First World War soldiers and the Bishop of Sherborne, the Anglo Saxon monk St Aldhelm, along the ancient paths of Dorset.

The volunteers have been working hard researching content for the geocaching boxes which will be hidden on the historic trail.

Local historian Brian Bates has been helping us by opening our eyes to the war stories of Dorchester soldiers.

It was fascinating to learn from Bovington Tank Museum that Dorset tanks played an integral role in the First World War.

Tanks were seen as the new ‘secret weapon’ and it was in Dorset that the building and training of tank crews begun.

These ‘armoured tractors’ then led the fightback on the front line against the enemy.

St Aldhelm walked the paths of Dorset from 705 until 709.

He wrote poems in Latin, the Anglo-Saxon vernacular and the language of peasants.

It has been said they were King Alfred’s favourite poems but they have since been lost.

We are very interested to recover them and luckily the current Bishop of Sherborne, Graham Kings thinks it is possible!

The history research team have been tracking down buildings that tell stories of Dorset’s valuable history, such as a Cerne Abbas barn.

They have received expert Saxon knowledge from Church of England archivists and Dorset History Centre, which has lent old maps.

It is difficult piecing the jigsaw of the Dark Ages together so we need help!

The group meets every Tuesday from 4pm to 6pm.

Our Microsoft Hub Team is looking for young people with IT skills to help develop a new geocaching project app.

If you are interested in joining us, please contact LornaJohnson@dorsetyouth.com or visit our blog at walkingintheirshoes.blogspot.com, for more information.