This morning saw me arriving at the Adventure Rope Course at 7.30am to set up for a visit from a regional sales team from Wrigleys. They'd booked themselves into the Albrighton Hall Hotel to enjoy some time together and take a bit of time out from selling chewing gum! Although the four hour session had been billed as 'team building', the emphasis was very much … Read More »
Category Archives: High Ropes
Party at the Adventure Rope Course
It always seems that someone you know has either just had, or is about to have, a birthday. Today is the turn of my daughter, Emily, as she turns 14. Having enjoyed a nights camping with some friends last night, during which they cooked potatoes on a fire, we headed down to the Adventure Rope Course this morning for a couple of hours fun. As … Read More »
Lakelands School Staff at the Adventure Ropes Course
School holidays are a time for having fun with friends - and that includes the staff! A colleague's birthday seemed to be a good excuse for a number of the staff from Lakelands School to get together at the Adventure Ropes Course for an afternoon of fun and fear. After several weeks of getting it just right with the weather, it all went wrong today. … Read More »
Local Guides Visit the Adventure Rope Course
This evening, Steph and I played host to a group of local Girl Guides who had been treated to a trip to the Adventure Rope Course. Recently, we've found a particular combination of activities that seem to work really well when there are enough for 2 groups to work independently for most of the session, but come together at the end. Consequently, we aimed to … Read More »
Mary Webb School at the Adventure Rope Course
A number of Year 10 pupils from Mary Webb School in Shropshire have been coming along to the Adventure Rope Course on a Wednesday afternoon as part of a 6 week series of sessions aiming to give the pupils the chance to learn some of the basic skills associated with rope work. Today's session was predominantly an assessment of their climbing skills. So we were looking … Read More »
Prestfelde Return to the Adventure Rope Course
Having taken the kids from the Prestfelde summer school to the Adventure Rope Course last week, we thought it would be nice to head back. However, we were keen to give the kids a bit more of a choice in what they wanted to do, so not everyone did the same set of activities. My group opted to have a go at the Crate Stack which … Read More »
Prestfelde at the Adventure Rope Course
I was back at the Adventure Rope Course again today, but this time with the kids from the Prestfelde summer school. Many of the older pupils from Prestfelde have been to the Rope Course on a number of occasions in the past. The school runs a program called Prestfelde Plus which encourages pupils to get involved in a wide variety of activities outside of the … Read More »
Shrewsbury High School at the Adventure Rope Course
Today I found myself down at the Adventure Rope Course again. This time working with a group of girls from Shrewsbury High School. The 50 or so girls had spent the morning doing work towards their DofE (Duke of Edinburgh) Award, and were being rewarded with a couple of hours at the Adventure Rope Course. With this many girls, we had 5 instructors supervising 5 different … Read More »
Harper Adams Summer School
Harper Adams University College are hosting over 40 Year 11 students from the West Midlands for their Summer School as part of the Government's Aim Higher Scheme. The scheme aims to give young people, that are considering going to university, the opportunity to get a taste of what college life is like. On the First day of the Summer School, Harper Adams brought a number of … Read More »
Ellesmere College at the Adventure Rope Course
Day 4 of Ellesmere College's Adventure + Easter holiday club took them to the Adventure Rope Course at the Albrighton Hall Hotel, on the northern edge of Shrewsbury. Most of the group had done some climbing on an indoor wall with me on Tuesday, so were still familiar with belaying, but the additional height pushed some of them out of their comfort zones. There is a … Read More »
