Bramhall U3A - Adventure Group

In May, four members booked into the Flower Bowl, Preston for a spot of Curling. This involved launching about 40lbs of granite nearly 140 ft from a Hack into a House. Very enjoyable it was too.

Seven adventurers went to Bruntwood Park in Cheadle to try our hand (or arm) at archery on 10/4/19. We had excellent tutoring from the ‘Bowmen of Bruntwood’ and spent an enjoyable 2 hours trying to hit ‘gold’ on the targets. All of us managed this at some point.

This August 10 members of our SCRUFF group took to Segway riding in Rushton Spencer. We all had a great time with only a couple of falls, but thankfully no injuries. Although there was some trepidation during the instruction period it wasn't long before we were all 'going for it' on the course.

Our latest adventure was 'Go Ape' with 6 intrepid adventurers going for it! Three of us managed to complete the course whilst the other three got 2/3 of the way round before calling it a day. We were scrambling up rope ladders, crossing from tree to tree by various 'bridges' including swinging logs, zig zag slats of wood and zip wires. We all attained our 'Amazingness Certificates'. We sometimes landed off the zip wires on our rear ends as the picture shows. However, we gave some youngsters (20 something) who went before us a run for their money!

This month eight intrepid adventurers went indoor flying at Ifly, Manchester. We all thoroughly enjoyed it and have the photos, videos and certificates to prove it! Great instructor and staff at Ifly. They made us very welcome. Most of us took the option of 'flying high' ie: to the top of the chamber! We all gained @white fliers' status!

The Adventure, SCRUFF, group had its first outing this month. A great day was had by all! Some abseiled once, some twice, and the most intrepid of us three times!! Luckily the weather was kind to us and we did not have to cancel this time. There were 10 of us altogether and no-one wimped out! Photos can also be found on the Mountain Monkeys Facebook page.

Our second year has been quite eventful with a number of new members joining the group. So far our adventures have included Archery at Bruntwood, Canoeing on Rudyard Lake where we all got soaked due to a downpour towards the end of a lovely afternoon, Caving in the Peak district, Hovercrafting at Frodsham & Climbing in Bredbury. The intended 'muddybuggying' did not go ahead as so few people liked the idea of getting very dirty! There is unlikely to be an event in December due to Christmas preparations, but next year will see us all raring to go again on some new adventures.

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Summary	This is for anyone who wants to experience an adrenaline rush!
Venue	Various activity centres
Contact	Jennefer Richmond, telephone number in the paper copy of the newsletter
Email	groups@bramhallu3a.org.uk with 'Adventure Group Enquiry' as the subject