Military Academy students from Duchy College, Stoke Climsland took on an all-day navigation on Dartmoor - including for the Level 3 students, a night navigation.

It all formed part of their ‘navigation week’ of studies.

Christian Davies said: ‘We found it challenging but together we all got through it. Our lecturer taught us everything step by step and slowly everyone picked up the practical skills.

‘We learnt about bearings, compasses, maps, how to react when facing different situations, pacing and many more key navigational techniques.

‘When everyone worked together and our night navigation went accordingly it really was a great feeling of achievement successfully navigating over Dartmoor while going tactical at the same time.’

Military Academy programme manager, Jon Stone, said : ‘The night navigation exercise is a real test of their capability and really gives the learners confidence.’