Use a day of Outdoor Adventure to show your team what they are:
The most valuable asset of your company!

All activities can be achieved, no matter what you fitness level or technical expertise in a particular sport is. BDT instructors bare in mind different abilities and comfort zones of individuals and make the activities accessible and enjoyable for all.

A day of new and exciting activities for staff who normally only share a bit of office space and perhaps a table for lunch will get everybody to interact and socialse and take the staff morale to a completely new level.

The activities will be delivered on a novice level unless participants have previous experience.

If you are not sure which activities to choose, please get in touch and we are happy to advise.

 

Activities include:

Canoeing
on local rivers (advanced) or lakes (novice)

From early days, the canoe was part of the process of survival, transporting furs and goods across vast continents.

Today it is the ideal tool to get away from it all and enjoy nature to the full. No other sport offers such piece and trnquility.

Canoeing is a great team activity, as you paddle the boat together, but still have time for a chat.

There is always scope for more excitment by building in a little race, slalom or chosing a river that has some rapids to offer.

Kayaking
on rivers, the coast (advanced) or lakes (novice)

Excitement and adventure is what Kayakers seek and they are happy to search for it on an endless succession of rivers, all different yet offering the qualities needed to make it so – gentle valleys, forested banks and challenging rapids.

Those keen to seek the challenges and freedom offered but have never been in a kayak before are welcome to book a novice trip where we go through all the basic skills needed to safely use a kayak. 

Whether your team chooses a river trip, a lake or the coast, in a kayak you will have a truly wilderness experience.

Improvised Raft Building

Barrels, planks, ropes and water are a great recipe for thorough soaking and great fun along the way!

Once equipped with buoyancy aids, helmets and paddles, teams are given time to design their raft. A selection of materials are at hand. Once "the marshals" are happy with the design, the team begins their construction. The rafts must be big enough and strong enough to carry the team, it must be able to maneuver quickly and cruise at some speed. The real test to any raft is time, how long will it last?

 Tyrolean Traverse

Teams come face to face, across a “raging torrent”. To make any progress, and to avoid getting wet, they will have to work together!

What are we trying to achieve? Who has the right resources? Has anyone got appropriate experience? A sure way for teams to appreciate the value of working together towards common goals.
Similar to the raft building exercise, the group is provided with limited resources and have to find a way of getting all group members across the water.

This is a fun activity that the group will not easily forget!

 

High and Low Ropes Courses

Using harnesses, helmets, cables, ropes and wooden beams strung 20 to 50 feet high among trees or poles, teams explore risk-taking, trust and coaching. Each moment is rich with discoveries, whether you’re climbing yourself or encouraging others.

The high ropes elements are up in the trees so the perceived risk is high, but actual risk is low. Participants walk across cable bridges, negotiate giant ladders or ride zip lines through the trees as they overcome personal fears and develop new self confidence.

The High Ropes' activities are an opportunity to really stretch everybody's personal boundaries.

Climbing and Abseiling

Rock climbing is an inherently team-building sport..... Picture this:
A team composed of three individuals.....a climber, a belayer and a back-up belayer. The goal is to get the climber safely up and down the specified route.
Here's where it gets interesting.... the team learns the safety checks and signals they need to know before beginning. Checks and signals are done...the climber begins. Climbing up, nervously, cautiously.....the belayer says, “I've got you... don't worry”....the back-up belayer encourages the climber. Together, as a team, they get the climber to the top. An amazing adrenaline rush... but now, they have to lower the climber. Sometimes this is scarier than climbing up! The climber is successfully lowered, and the team has accomplished there goal. Now it's time to switch roles...

Hill Walking and Orienteering

Once you leave the road and head off into the hills, paths can be very well made and easy to follow or you can navigate across country following no discernible path at all.
There is hardly a better way to see the great outdoors, enjoy the company of collegues, get some exercise and enjoy a welcome dose of fresh air in magnificent landscapes.

Orienteering involves the use of maps and compasses plus lots of different kinds of clues to plan and find one's way around villages, pine-fringed reservoirs, along scenic rivers or over the mountain tops overlooking green valleys. 

Set your own pace and you don't need to worry about your party having mixed levels of fitness! Orienteering is easy - you don't need an A-Level in math's or geography to do well on our orienteering sessions.

Mountain Biking

Northumberland provides excellent cycling because of the limited amount of traffic on the minor roads, the many little towns and villages on route - each with their own pubs and tea shops, and the lack of steep hills, especially on the coast. Even in the rolling Cheviot Hills, the slopes tend to be long and gentle rather than short and sharp.

Kielder's 200 square miles of forest and 27 mile lake shoreline offer routes for cyclists of all ages and abilities. The area is fast becoming known as one of the best venues for mountain biking in Britain. There are 13 way marked trails, from easy to demanding and two off road routes, accessible all year round.