Ten Tors

The walk is approximately 13 miles over moorland terrain.

 Bodmin Moor is an agricultural common and the walk can only take place with the kind permission of the Landowners and Commoners.
To cover the administration & organising costs there is a registration fee of £20.00 per Team.
Walkers must be 12 years and over. At least one adult must be part of any team with 12 –16 yrs. olds.
The sponsorship to be arranged and collected by yourselves and will be for a Charity nominated by you or for your own use to enhance the activities for your Club.
WE MUST BE INFORMED OF HOW MUCH MONEY YOU RAISE.
There is a perpetual Trophy awarded to the highest sponsored Team of walkers. All Teams must be sponsored.
Remember this is a sponsored walk NOT a race.

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Update 19/06/2026

Thank you to all the teams that replied with your amounts of sponsorship.
Well over £20,000 raised so well done to all.

Some of you know but for those who do not we present a shield to the team who raised the most amount.  This year it was a close run thing but ultimately there was a clear winner with over £3,000 raised for their Charity.There were three teams behind them raising over £2,100 each for their charities.

The money raised by you all, at whatever amount, will no doubt be helpful for your organization or charity so makes that 13 miles walk worthwhile.

Well done to you all & hopefully see you next year.

Update 12/05/2026

Bodmin Lions Club 43rd Ten Tors Walk took place on 3rd May 2026 with 83 Teams and 276 walkers, walking 13 miles over Bodmin Moor in damp and misty conditions although the sun did come out later. The walk started and finished at St Breward Football Club ground and last year raised around £20,000.00 for Charity. We are waiting for this year's teams to report their amounts raised.

Bodmin Moor is an agricultural common and the walk can only take place with the kind permission of the Landowners and Commoners which we are very grateful to. We also like to thank the East Cornwall Search & Rescue who help us each year and the St Breward Football Club.

Teams nominate their own Charity or to raise funds for their own use to enhance the activities of their club.

A Perpetual Trophy is awarded to the highest sponsored team of walkers.

Lady Mayor of Bodmin, Councillor Liz Ahearn and Deputy Mayor, Councillor Mike Barbery,
waving off the walkers and the start of the walk.

Happy to be back!

President Lion Bill May presented Certificates to the walkers as they came in,
seen here presenting certificates to the first three men  and the first three ladies.

1st man was Phil Dawber in 2 hours 09 minutes
2nd man was  Dylan Yeo in  2 hours 27 minutes
3rd man was James Buchanan also in 2 hours 27 minutes.

1st lady was Tanya Smith in 2 hours 43 minutes.
2nd lady was Anneka Morrish 3 hours 03 minutes
3rd lady was Rebecca Harris 3 hours 53 Minutes

Update 02/05/26

 Entries now closed for 2026.

Good luck tomorrow.
It looks like we may have a few showers be preparied!
Don't forget your water it's still warm walking

Update 28/01/26

ENTRIES NOW OPEN

To fill in the entry form save the blank form to your device, open it fill it in and re-save then forward it to the email address on the form.

Please type name in the signed box
don't print to sign, it changes the form format

Any handwritten entries or entries sent in any other format will be returned.

gift aid:
If you are raising money for a charity that can claim gift aid make sure you fill in the full & correct charity information on your sponsor form

Update 18/09/25

2026 walk will be on Sunday 3rd May

Update 15/07/25

0nly 47 of the 86 teams entered let us know how much money they raised for their charities. Three teams raised over £1,000 each, the top team and winner of the sheild were SCARD-MORGANS they raised over £2,500 for Alzheimer’s Society
Our best guess as to the total raised by this years event is at least £17,000.

We Have Photos 09/06/25

Ready Steady! Go

After a Hot few hours the first ones are back

Ist      Henry Meacock  2hrs 42 minutes 

2nd   Elliott Perrin        3hrs 15 minutes

3rd   Dan Hockind       3hrs  20 minutes

!st       Linzi Hanscomb      3hrs 24 minutes

2nd    Tanya Smith             3hrs 47 minutes 

3rd    Ellie Vowden             3hrs 49 minutes

Thanks to Lion Ron for photos & Times

Update 15/05/25

It looks like it's going to be warm and sunny for our walk on Sunday
Sun cream and a hat!

Don't forget to carry water.
note: we no longer have cups at water stops.

Be safe and enjoy

The total amount raised by the Annual Bodmin Lions Ten Tors event held on May 19th 2024 amounted to £28,000, each team choosing their own charity.

Update 31/05/24

Pictures below by Lion Ron
Pictures show the start of the 2024 walk & a few of the first back getting their certificates.
I've not named anyone for fear of getting it wrong.

Although the walk is not a race people like to know how long they took.
This year the first man back took 2hrs 54mins.
The first two ladies came in with the same time of 3hrs 38mins  

Update 26/05/24

BODMIN LIONS 10 TORS MAY 2024

Hello everyone!

First and foremost, I would like to congratulate all that participated in this year’s walk, what a fantastic turnout!
Over 300 of you raised money for your chosen Charities/projects etc...

As you know on our forms, we request that you give us an update on what funds you manage to raise, unfortunately, at this time we have only had a 10% reply to this request and therefor I can only give you limited information, but, of the 10% that have replied, you managed to raise a staggering £9300 between you, so if you were to add similar ratio for everybody else, you would get a possible figure to the amount of money you collectively could of raised! Fantastic, and well done!

A little Info.

Again, this year the weather was kind to us and I hope you didn’t get too sunburned!
Next year we will get more water to the water stops. Not including what you were carrying yourselves, we got 45 gallons (204.5 litres) of water onsite of which most was used.

As you are probably aware, all the people involved with the organisation of this event are volunteers themselves, so as the outgoing Chairman of this event, I would like to say a big thank you to all the Lions, all of the Cornwall search and rescue, all of the scouts, Quad drivers, and those that just help us out!

There are 3 people/groups in particular to thank, Vincent tractors, who loaned us the four-wheel drive ATV, (as our own has taken a turn for the worse!) All the land owners who give us permission to hold the event and walk across their land, and last but not least, Anna, who walked the course for the first time and helped to recover all the route marker flags at the end!

So, from me for now, sorry for anyone I’ve missed, but thanks to you all that have participated and helped in the event over the years I’ve chaired it, and we as Lions look forward to seeing you all again next year…when we’ll go through it all again!

Thank you,

Dave Truran-Outgoing Chairman, Bodmin Lions 10 Tors committee

Update 27/03/24

We have closed the entry list for our 41st walk on 19th May 2024.
Sorry for any disapointment but we are up to our maximum.

Not Sure If this is "Catch me if you can" or "Rescue Me"

Picture by Ros Mcnary

Carefull decent putting the Fags out on Saturday

 Lion The late Gerald Worden, pictured below, Gerald founded the walk back in 1981

This picture was taken on Roughtor in 2013,