High Ropes Course at Aerial Extreme - Milton Keynes

I decided that my brother who will be 13 in July needed to spend some of his half term doing something other than playing games that mainly involve killing people on his Xbox. He will always pick to stay home glued to virtually any gaming console or PC over something energetic. We arranged for 2 friends to join him on the high ropes course. This is suitable for adults and children as long as you are at least 1.4 metres tall. There is a course lower to the ground for younger children where the minimum height is 1.1 metres.

Aerial Extreme at Willen Lake, Milton Keynes is a great way to try something new in a very safe and accessible environment with friendly professional guidance and support.

• The boys get kitted out in safety helmets and harnesses with one of the staff.
  

• The first obstacle is a tightrope which overwhelmed 2 out of the 3 boys initially. However, after some encouragement 2 out of the 3 took part. The 3rd boy decided to do the junior adventure course which is lower to the ground. It is worth considering this if your children are scared of heights or are just a bit scared!
  

• There are few climbing wall style obstacles.
  

• My brother concentrating hard on not losing his footing and balance on the tightrope.
  

• More action shots from the course.

• A view from the ground for those of us that were too scared (I mean busy motivating the children from the ground!)

• A special little girl watches her brother make the final abseil to complete the course.

Key things that you may want to know about the high ropes course:

• The course has 37 obstacles and takes around 2 hours to complete.
• Prices vary from £14 to £25 depending on the time you go and it's cheaper if you are under 16.
• The lowest obstacle is 5 metres from the ground; the highest being 14 metres.

Aerial Extreme courses can be found in Manchester, Merseyside, Milton Keynes, North Yorkshire, Sheffield and Staffordshire.

You can find out more information at www.aerialextreme.co.uk