Country Pursuits
Our Country Pursuits package provides teams with a selection of activities to give people a chance to taste the aristocratic life and have a go at some of the traditional and more unusual country pastimes.
Gun Dogs
After learning a little about the dogs, you will undergo a brief period of instruction from our expert handler and then it’s over to you! Once your instruction is complete it’ll be down to you to race and guide your dog through an assault course of slaloms, tunnels and walls. And there’s always room for improvement and a few surprises thrown in along the way!
Ferret Racing
A unique activity that is extremely popular with all teams! Can you identify the quickest ferret and beat off your competitors? Will it be Polecat Pete or the Big Bad Bubba that races down the ferret friendly course to down a nice rewarding bowl of milk first? Choose and train your ferret to compete in a race with a difference – the most unusual activity you will have seen in years – guaranteed!
Duck Herding
Duck herding is fast becoming one of our most popular country pursuit activities that combines team work, communication and a lot of patience! This is a fun event, similar to sheep herding, where your team will work together with trained sheep dogs to herd the ducks around a course and into a closing pen – all against the clock. Duck herding can be run as a stand alone event or as part of a wider activity programme and is guaranteed to provide teams with an innovative, fun and totally unique activity.
Sheep Shearing
Our experienced sheep shearers will educate and entertain you with their skills and knowledge. Watch them remove the woollen fleece of a sheep and try your hand at this unusual country pursuit activity.
Falconry
As well as being a fun and entertaining activity, these events provide you with a great opportunity to handle and fly these unique birds of prey. Our falconry events give you the opportunity to interact with these magnificent animals close up and provide a rare chance to witness a genuine predator doing, in captivity, exactly what it does in the wild.
Our experienced falconers will work with you to introduce you to this fascinating activity before you learn how to fly them to the fist.
A unique opportunity to get close and personal with these amazing birds.
Fly Casting
An extraordinary activity that requires skill, judgement and patience! Join our expert fly fishermen as they guide and instruct you on the unique skill of fly casting.
Laser Clays
This is a very popular team building activity as it is great fun and very competitive. Five people shoot laser guns at a flying target, which reaches speeds of 60mph and flies at up to fifty feet above the ground.
Sound effects complete the experience and individuals’ scores are displayed on a large instantaneous scoreboard.
Archery
The ancient sport of warriors provides a change of pace, where skill, judgement and a level head count for more than adrenaline. Learn how to use our traditional field archery longbows and with some expert tuition you will soon be hitting gold!
Air Rifles
An opportunity to test your marksmanship skills – all under the watchful eye of our experienced instructors. With a range of pop-up targets and items to shoot, here’s an opportunity to prove you’ve got what it takes to be your team’s ‘top gun’!
Black Powder Shooting
Take a trip back in time as we give you the opportunity to fire old-fashioned muskets and flintlocks. And the grand canon firing finale is bound to please and excite!
Axe Throwing
With our experts’ guidance and tuition, discover our Viking ancestor’s favourite sports – throwing an axe at a target! Axe Throwing is a safe and fun activity, guaranteed to challenge you and your colleagues!
Welly Wanging
Welly Wanging is an old favourite with all Country Folk especially prior to silage making, when farmers have to throw old wheels over the plastic sheeting of the silage. To get in shape many a Welly Wanging Competition is held!
Root Out Your Vegetables
As a farmer there is nothing worse than getting your vegetables mixed up! With this game, the team have to sort out the mixture of root vegetables, bag and tie them, and then stack them on a pallet. Don’t pack Potatoes with Swedes or the Supermarkets will send it back!
Worzel Gummidge
One of the farmers biggest pests are crows and pigeons. The teams task is to build and dress a Scarecrow from the old clothes, straw and bits of wood provided. Each team can then vote for the best dressed or most imaginative Scarecrow at the end of the event. Points will also be awarded for the scarecrow with the most imaginative name.
Benefits
- Team bonding
- Reward events
- Team working
- Corporate entertaining
Location Options
Country Pursuits need to ideally be held outdoors and can be held at a wide variety of locations across the UK. If you would like us to source a suitable venue in your preferred area we would be happy to help, or if you already have a venue in mind please let us know so we can ensure it is suitable.
Your Package Includes:
- Event planning and client consultation
- Full design and running of the event * All required resources, equipment and transportation
- Event Manager to support the team and co-ordinate the event
- Additional Event Staff where necessary to support teams
- Disposable waterproofs, where necessary
- Where appropriate, Photo CD of the event
- Public Liability insurance
- Risk Assessment of activity
- Unlimited telephone and e-mail support
Please note that the event fee does not include…
- Venue Charges
- Catering charges
- VAT
More information & how to book
For a full event proposal and to book your country pursuits experience, please contact us via telephone on 020 7384 2355, email to events@jellyandcustard.co.uk or complete our online enquiry form