THE HISTORIC CITY

CHRISTMAS TREASURE HUNT 2009

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to be on the winning team today. On our Historic City Christmas Treasure Hunt you'll be venturing through alleyways and into hidden passageways where the atmosphere positively crackles with the spirit of Christmas past and present. 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.

The emphasis of our little City 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.

So, where will you be going and what will you be doing? Imagine for a minute 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. Now form an image in your mind of your team having used our cunning cryptic clues to reach a hidden away historic pub, purchasing a well earned beverage or two, and then having to get a photograph of themselves serenading the bar staff with a stirring rendition of Good King Wenceslas! The whole of this Christmas Treasure Hunt is made up of places and tasks such as these. Secret hideaways where time stands still and tasks so hilariously challenging that the tears will come rolling down your cheeks.

As with all our treasure hunts the main thing to stress to the teams is that all the cryptic clues provided are visual. Teams begin by reading the starter clue on their sheet of cryptic clues. By reading the clue and then searching around for exactly what it is that the clue is telling them to look for team members will be able to get themselves to the location where they will find a letter or a number that corresponds with the next clue that they must follow. Again this will be visual so they will have to keep an eye out for exactly what it is that that clue is directing them towards. Once again this will lead to another letter or number that corresponds to the next clue they must follow on their laminated sheet of clues and so on and so forth until they have completed the entire treasure hunt route. The teams will have 18 clues to follow but some of these will be red herrings the sole purpose of which is to stop the teams knowing when they are getting close to the end of their treasure hunt. How fiendish is that?!! In keeping with the spirit of the season every one of the clues will have a festive feel to it.

No points are awarded for the team that finishes first. The points are awarded for the next three sheets that are contained in the team wallets. The first is a sheet of 20 observation questions. These pertain to things that the teams will pass as they make their way around the treasure hunt route. Some might be slightly off the route, or hidden down a passageway or even in one of the churchyards passed on the route. Each correctly answered observation question is worth 100 points. So by taking note of their surroundings and ensuring that no hidden nook or cranny is left unexplored the teams will be able to acquire points as they go round and in so doing bring themselves that little bit closer to being the wining team at the end of their adventure.

The second sheet is a sequence of 10 Scavenger challenges pertaining to items the teams will have to collect as they race around the route. Obtaining them may prove a bit of a challenge, but having acquired them you will derive a true sense of achievement, especially when asked to play a Christmas carol on one of them!

The final sheet is the 'Pose Sheet.' You will need to ensure that each of your teams has either a mobile phone or a digital camera or you can provide them with disposable cameras. As the teams weave in an out of the alleyways 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 that could be a real challenge.

So, whether you are looking for a pre-Christmas lunch or dinner event, an evening event that will get yourself, your friends and work colleagues out onto the streets of London, or even an enjoyable pre-Christmas social gathering, our Historic City Christmas Treasure Hunt will provide you with a memorable and challenging outing that will keep you Ho Ho Ho-ing all the way to the final venue, even if the weather outside is frightful!

PURCHASING YOUR HISTORIC CITY CHRISTMAS TREASURE HUNT PACKAGE

BASIC PACKAGE £140 INCLUSIVE OF VAT

IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO PAY BY CHEQUE PLEASE CALL US ON

020 8530-8443

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The basic package consists of four Treasure Hunt Packs.