The Lake District Travel Test
Event Outline
This latest concept in our portfolio of team building events provides the ideal programme for managers or teams who wish to be challenged. The event gives great opportunities for you to see your team working together, cope under pressure and communicate, as well as providing an exciting and enjoyable group experience.
The overall task is for the team to:
“Design an advertising campaign to highlight the talent and dedication of your team and the extreme lengths they are prepared to go to in order to ensure that your organization is able to deliver quality products to its customers”
The team will be provided with tasks to show the competence and flexibility of staff within your organisation and will be given opportunities to gather video and photographic footage for their campaign.
A brief outline of a typical ‘Travel Test’ is provided below:
There are eight tasks for the group to complete throughout the day, not all of which will they initially be informed of. Teams will be allocated planning time, all necessary building materials and transport. Upon arrival at each task they will be given a brief and a time limit in which to complete the task. The effective use of planning, teamwork, problem-solving and communication skills is essential for successful completion of these tasks. Upon completion of the tasks the team must prepare and present their advertising campaign.
Summary of Team Tasks
Task 1: The group are charged with the design and building of ‘transport carriers’ to protect the ‘product’ from all eventualities. The product must remain with the group at all times and the product may not touch the ground (soiling issues!) under any circumstances throughout the day.
- Team Task 2 (2 sub-teams) – Sculpture
- Team Task 3 (2 sub-teams) – Travel Test
- Team Task 4 (both teams) – Drain Maze
- Team Task 5 (both teams) – Vehicle Orienteering
- Team Task 6 (both teams) – Orienteering on foot
- Team Task 7(both teams) – Bridge Build
- Team Task 8 (both teams) – Under the Bridge
