Miles of tough terrain and blisters could not stop intrepid Weymouth students from completing an epic walking challenge.

Two teams from Budmouth College’s Combined Cadet Force (CCF)set off for Dartmoor to take part in the annual Ten Tors Event.

The event is organised by The Army challenges young adventurers to test themselves physically and mentally as they took on 35 and 45 mile hikes.

Lining up on the start line at 7am, 2,400 young adventurers from more than 400 different teams waiting to set off cut a spectacular site in the Devon countryside.

Pupil Lucy Jones, who took part in the 45 mile challenge described the waiting at the startline as 'overwhelming.'

"You don’t really know how to feel," she said.

The teams, aged 13 to 18, had to be entirely self-sufficient for the two-day hike which included a night of wild camping.

They were tasked with independently navigating their way across at least ten designated tors, crossing the finish line by 5pm the follow day, using only their map-reading and navigational skills to guide them.

The 35 mile team all aged 13 and 14, crossed the finish line at 10:51am.

Speaking after the challenge, Daniel and Angus recalled how their achievement was no easy feat.

The pair said getting the team to the seventh tor on the Saturday evening proved 'very challenging', but they were thankful in the morning for covering so much ground on the first day.

The team described the feeling of completing the challenging as ‘an awesome sense of achievement.’

Martha Brown said she would encourage other youngsters to take on the challenge.

She said: "I feel quite proud because I did a lot of the training last year and I didn’t make the team.It was great to bond as a team over the training and the weekend. Even people who weren’t on the team were really supportive and made it a great experience."

A mere 30 hours and two minutes later the 45 mile team also completed the challenge, crossing the finish line at 13:02pm.

Lucy Jones said she was ‘so relieving’ to complete the hike, while teammate Ben Roberts said: "It feels like you’ve achieved something big."

The students who took part in the Ten Tors event thanked staff who have trained, supervised and given up many weekends to help them prepare for this experience.