Get ready to Rumble and release your inner Rambo. A new live-action gaming experience has just opened at Graffham Water and offers hours of fun. Suitable for ages eight to eighty it’s the perfect outing for groups of friends or families. Rumble is a one hour immersive gaming experience where you use laser-sharp guns and sensors to score points, but don’t worry it doesn’t hurt and you don’t need any protective clothing. It’s clever combining the virtual world with the real one, including woods, hides and bases along with air strikes and weapon upgrades. Players can work in a team but sometimes it’s each person for themself – you have been warned… www.rumblelive.co.uk After a day of energetic fun, thoughts turn to the more cerebral, calm and tranquil for the next 24 hours. A visit to the theatre can be entertaining, stimulating, educational and often amusing. Kilworth House Theatre is presenting a new and exciting production of Cats. Based on T S Elliot’s Old Possum’s Books of Practical Cats, and
If you fancy cycling the 17 mile long Brampton Valley Way and Grand Union Canal heading out of Market Harborough there are plenty of places to stop and enjoy the view, or take in a pit stop whilst watching the canal boats sail past. One local bike shop within striking distance is George Hall Cycles www.georgehallscycles.co.uk and Julie’s Cycles is not too far away. www.juliescycles.co.uk Talking of canals, what about hiring a canal boat and attempting to navigate Foxton Locks yourself? You can hire a boat for the day with www.foxtonboats.co.uk or if that sounds a bit scary they offer boat trips as well. While you’re there sit in the beer garden at the Bridge 61 pub and enjoy the scene.
If faster paced watersports are more your style, Tallington Lakes has water skiing, wakeboarding and jet ski hire along with more sedate windsurfing and dinghy sailing. And, of course, you could always try the dry ski slopes. www.tallington.com
While still on the water Nene Extreme Adventures offer all sorts of exciting treats for adults and children; canoeing and kayaking as well as climbing trips, parties and holidays. Boats are available for hire from their Oundle Wharf base. You can hire one for an hour, a day, or even longer. www.neneextreme.co.uk
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