ABSEILING
For those with a thirst for adrenalin and a love of the extreme, abseiling can give you the buzz you’re looking for.
Originally a mountaineering technique, people now abseil just for fun - as long as your idea of fun is going to the edge then stepping off!

The exhilaration of hanging your life on a rope no thicker than your finger is immense. Abseiling requires no skill, no effort and no prior experience, the real challenge is in the mind. Whether it’s your first descent or if you’ve enjoyed abseiling before, you’re always guaranteed a thrilling mix of emotions - initial trepidation, a rush of success and elation through contact with the ground - and afterwards, an uncontrollable urge to do it all again. Wherever you choose to start - test your nerve and release your potential…

ARCHERY
The ancient sport of our ancestors and an art dating back 20,000 years when the bow defended land and provided food for the table.
A weapon of legend that helped create the heroic tales of Robin Hood and played a central role in some of our country’s most historic battles. Now you can test your talent with these lethal weapons of war. See your arrows arc through the air to drive home in your target with a satisfying thump.

Find out how you shoot under the pressure of some friendly competition, or what it’s like to play darts with bow and arrow!
Whether you try this ancient sport indoors or out, our proficient coaches will ensure dramatic improvements in your skill in a short period of time. Numerous games and tales from history ensure this will be an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

ASSAULT COURSE
I bet getting soaking wet and covered in mud always got you into trouble; on our fantastic assault course we positively encourage it.

Climbing over walls, balancing on beams and diving through tube slides is all part of the challenge. The better you work with your team the faster it all gets. The course is a great activity for team building or simply an excuse for lively competition with friends. Think fast, play hard and your team will conquer our assault course.

BUSH CRAFT
People have always had an affinity with the outdoors. We have developed as a race from creatures found living off the land to today’s human, found working in an office block. There are huge advantages to warm secure surroundings but we are left with a primeval desire to be outdoors and at one with nature. There is nothing more satisfying, even relaxing, than becoming a ‘Ray Mears’ for the day; learning how to track animals, building fires and creating shelters. In fact the choices available are vast, whether you’d like an interesting afternoon or a weekend out in the wild, we can arrange the perfect experience.

We run basic environmental bush craft sessions ourselves but also use highly trained consultants for more advanced sessions and trips. We can arrange bush craft weekends staying out in the wild or self-sufficient canoe trips with overnight stops. These sessions are fascinating, you will see everything around you in a different light.

CLIMBING
A bastion of rock presents a challenge, a call to adventure, a taunt to our most primeval compulsion to conquer what is unobtainable, to pit one’s strength and determination against nature and triumph against the odds.

Climbing is about moving into the unknown, stepping outside a zone of security and proving to yourself that you can persevere. Feel the overwhelming exhilaration of reaching your goal, of moving on steep rock with your feet and hands while controlling trepidation and thoughts of the ground.
The Mendip Hills have some of the best limestone climbing in Britain. The variety of climbs at our local crags allow you to learn the basics on gentle routes, but give scope for the more adventurous to test themselves on steeper climbs, where balance and courage are vital for success. Your instructor will coach and encourage you whilst ensuring your complete safety and well being.

INITIATIVE EXERCISES
‘Spider’s Web’, ‘Levitation’, ‘Rain Drain’, ‘Minefield’, ‘Acid Attack’: Have you got what it takes to tackle one of our mind bending puzzling problems. Whether you want a challenging project or a Team Development course we are confident you will really get a lot from our initiative exercises. Like the ‘Crystal Maze’ we have something for everyone; whether you love a mind muddling mess or a test of balance and strength we have the challenges for you to test your team..

Most exercises can be performed both indoors and out. Much of the kit has been specifically built for the purpose. Each exercise can help highlight and develop particular team and personal skills including, communication, co-operation, leadership and time management. But, most importantly they are all great fun.

KAYAKING
There’s something relaxing about propelling a craft down picturesque rivers, taking in the scenery and enjoying the tranquility.

Equally, there’s something fantastically brilliant about running along the top of everyone’s boats, splashing people and getting wet. Whether you want fun and games or a relaxing paddle, kayaking has it all. Learn how to control your kayak, play an abundance of games and challenges and have loads of fun. Beginner sessions start with your instructor explaining how to use the paddle, and what happens if you fall in. Your instructor will tailor the session to your needs by mixing games and challenges designed to improve your paddling and water confidence. Your instructor will always be close at hand to coach and help you back into your boat if you fall out. Courses are offered up to British Canoe Union 2 star.

Has your team got the leadership to be decisive yet imaginative?
Has your team got the drive to beat the competition?
Has your team got what it takes to overcome the impossible?
If it has you can test your resolve with our ‘Mission Impossible Challenge™’

Mission Impossible™ is a race against the clock and the competition, in which leadership and initiative are paramount to achieving the impossible. Set across parklands and woodland, your team must find the locations where tasks await. Each team will travel the same distance and complete identical missions, but only the team with both speed and ingenuity can make it back first and complete the impossible mission—collecting the prize and glory!

The day starts with a briefing to the teams before you head off and put your team skills on the line. Find your way around the course and complete each mind-boggling puzzle set to complete the mission. Only the first team back will be truly victorious. With the activities complete everyone meets for the prize-giving and the celebrations can commence.

At the end of the challenge the first team back wins the prize.

Half Day Challenge

Including: Navigation, and Initiative Challenges.
5 people min 40 people max.

Full Day Challenge

Including: Navigation, Archery and Initiative Challenges. 5 people min 40 people max.

OPEN CANOEING
Open Canoes allow so many possibilities. Whether you want a gentle paddle down some of the most tranquil and picturesque rivers in the South West, or a floating platform for jumping in the water and playing fabulous games with friends, open canoeing provides it all.
The boats are stable, making falling out an effort, yet great fun to tip, if that’s what you want. Because there is often two people in a canoe it’s very easy to control. You could have a day trip down a river, really going somewhere, or an exciting day and go nowhere at all. Open canoeing really is a sport for all.

Sessions start with your instructor explaining how to use the paddle, how to work with your partner, as well as what happens if the canoe tips over. Once on the water the instructor will tailor the session to your requirements mixing games with coaching. If you would like to take canoeing further we can arrange day trips on the River Wye or River Avon; we can also arrange longer expeditions, camping out en-route.

RAFT BUILDING
How would you survive stuck on a deserted island? Would you have what it takes to persevere, build a raft and sail to civilisation?
Why not find out with one of our challenging raft building activities. With a pile of poles, rope, barrels and your own ingenuity you and your team have to construct a raft. Your raft has to survive launch then carry your team, keeping them dry, on the water. Once you’ve proved your skills and built a raft worthy of Thor Heyerdahl and his Kon-Tiki, you get to use it for races, challenges or just a platform for jumping in and having fun. If you’re real construction engineers your raft may be in one piece come the end of the session.

Rafting sessions are great fun and educational too. You’ll learn about knots and lashings, and what makes a good raft. You might want to know what Archimedes discovered while sitting in his bathtub and how relevant it is to all water craft. Rafting is sometimes used as part of large challenges and day events. Whatever you’ve decided to do your instructor will ensure your raft is something special. And if special doesn’t float they’ll be there to pull you out.