THE HISTORIC CITY CHRISTMAS TREASURE HUNT

BAH HUMBUG!

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to be on the winning team today.

Well, that's the hope at least. After all our Historic City Christmas Treasure hunt is a fun packed adventure that sends teams on a magical sleigh ride (well actually they'll be on foot!) through one the City of London's most atmospheric quarters.

SCROOGE WOZ 'ERE

This is the area in which Dickens set parts of A Christmas Carol and thus it makes the perfect location for a Christmas Treasure Hunt that is both fun and memorable.

CHRISTMAS PASSED, PRESENTS AND WHAT'S YET TO COME

With that in mind in the course of your Historic City Christmas Treasure Hunt you will be visited by three challenges.

These are:-

• The Challenge of Christmas Passed - in the course of which you must locate the solutions to a series of observation questions pertaining to the area through which you will pass in the course of your Christmas Treasure Hunt.
• The Challenge of Christmas Presents - that will see your team scavenging hither and thither to acquire a number of bizarre items that would make ideal Christmas presents!
• The Challenge of Christmas What's Yet To Come - for which you must get your team to perform a sequence of challenging (though hilarious) poses, each one a little bit stranger than the last, and each of which will keep team members asking themselves "what's yet to come?"

OH WHETHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL

On our Historic City Christmas Treasure Hunt you'll be venturing through alleyways and into hidden passageways where the atmosphere positively crackles with festive spirit and where the weather will not make one iota of difference to your enjoyment.

IT'S GREAT FUN

The emphasis of the quest is on entertainment and although there is, obviously, a competitive element to the Treasure Hunt - the rewards will come not from being the first team past the finishing post, but from being the team that derives the most enjoyment from the tasks laid out before you.

TIME STANDS STILL

Imagine for a moment a pedestrian thoroughfare that still follows its medieval street pattern. Picture it lined with shops, the windows of which are a blaze of festive colour. Now think on how many Christmas's these old shops have seen and how many long forgotten citizens have trudged past them en route to many of the places that you will be visiting in the course of your treasure hunt.

THERE'S EVEN A PUB STOP

And, because it's Christmas, the season of goodwill to all treasure hunt participants, we've even included a pub stop to provide the teams with a brief respite from the Bleak Mid Winter. It's a lovely old pub where you'll most certainly not receive a frosty reception, although you might well make moan when you have to obtain a photograph of your team mates serenading the bar staff with a stirring rendition of Good King Wenceslas!

IT'LL END IN TEARS - OF LAUGHTER!

The whole route of this Christmas Treasure Hunt is made up of places and tasks such as these. Secret hideaways where time stands still in which you will have to perform tasks so hilariously challenging that the tears will soon come rolling down your cheeks.

WHAT'S SANTA GOING TO BRING YOU?

As the teams weave in an out of the alleyways they must collect numerous Christmas baubles with which they will have to entertain the other teams at the end of the Treasure Hunt.

DON'T FORGET YOUR CAMERA

In addition they must photograph themselves - or get photographs taken of themselves - in all manner of fun poses.

Standing next to a person in uniform might not prove too much of a challenge, nor for that matter much frivolity. But forming your own National Elf service? Or delivering a letter to Santa in the North Pole? Or giving your own impromptu carol service? Well, these all have great potential for real amusement.

YOU'LL HAVE MORE TO SPEND ON FOOD AND DRINK

The Historic City Christmas Treasure Hunt makes a great way to enjoy a few hours exploring the streets of London prior to a Christmas lunch, dinner or evening party. Plus it provides excellent value for money, leaving you with more of your budget to spend on other aspects of your Christmas festivities - drinks and food are two aspects that spring immediately to mind.

DID HE REALLY SAY THAT?

So, as Tiny Tim said when he read the first clue on our Christmas Treasure Hunt, "God help us.. everyone of us!"