Key Adventures designs and delivers a wide range of bespoke outdoor team building events in the Lake District. Each event is made up of a variety of activities and challenges to suit your aims and objectives. These images show just a few samples of our services. Please call us to discuss your requirements in more detail.

Key Adventures is licensed by the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority and is insured with Jardine Lloyd Thompson. All instructors and technicians are qualified, highly experienced and hold professional indemnity insurance. Event Coordinators are Accredited Practitioners of the Institute for Outdoor Learning. Our policies and documents can be viewed at www.keyadventures.co.uk/files/policies.htm

Starting a team journey with a blindfold lead develops trust, confidence and open communication between participants and adds a little more fun and challenge to a walk through the woods.

The blindfold lead may end close to the top of a crag where we train half your team to abseil and the other half to operate the safety rope and provide emotional support for your colleagues.

Your team challenge is then to combine your newfound skills to enable your whole team to descend over the crag.

You don't necessarily have to keep the blindfold on but I don't think anyone told this abseiler! There's always a joker....

The next stage of this journey involves open, or Canadian canoes. They areimmensely stable, easy to paddle 2-up, and carry a large load of equipment so we don't have to rough it too much if we're lunching on St Herbert's Island.

We often pole two canoes together to form a catamaran-type craft which is virtually impossible to turn over, very manoeuvrable and an excellent vehicle for windy-weather paddling and for those more anxious about being on the lake.

 

We occasionally use sea kayaks , which are great for paddling long distances rapidly and easily in the Lake District - this team is off to find lunch, which is located at a remote location on Derwentwater.

These kayaks are considerably more stable than the river/slalom kayaks normally used, they have a rudder which keeps you in a straight line and plenty of storage space for your lunch.

You can eat squashed sandwiches if you like - you'll not starve - but we don't see the point.

We'll provide coolbox or barbecue lunches and your challenge is to create an amazing al fresco feast for your team.

This one's on St Herbert's Island on Derwentwater in the Lake District though almost any location will be inspirational!

This one's at Millican Dalton's Cave in Borrowdale where the team poached Borrowdale trout in lemon and thyme, with rocket salad and coleslaw, chicken marinated in coriander and chilli, corn a la carbon followed by slightly alcoholic chocolate brandy bananas.

Why rough it?

One of our most favoured team challenges is a ghyll scramble, requiring hand-to-hand support, a playful approach and good team communication as you scramble through the gorge amongst huge boulders, climbing waterfalls and wading through pools.

This is our most popular inclusive outdoor team challenge - anyone can do it and feedback from our clients is invariably that this is a powerful experrience!

Another popular challenge, not usually so wet, involves the team in peer coaching leading to an archery competition.

We give the team some basic instruction followed by 45 minutes of practice whilst you're coached by your fellow team members then we ask you to set a team or sub-team target for the ensuing competition.

We use sighted, composite take-down bows paired with carbon arrows allowing participants to feel real achievement as their accuracy and score improves.

 

Raft building is our most popular water-based competitive team challenge and involves constructing a raft with a little technical training, followed by a speed and manoeuvrability race.

This one works quite well!

In terms of location, we have to face it; there is no finer place than the Lake District for an outdoor event - this is God's own back yard, and mine! We invite your team to experience the most inspirational outdoor environment in the UK!

www.keyadventures.co.uk - 0845 226 5752 - team-events@keyadventures.co.uk