Lloyd’s Teambuilding Saturday
I arrived nice and early at Afan Park ready for whatever the day could throw at me. At first it mainly threw rain at me, but fortunately at about midday it stopped. Until then we did the various challenges which could be done in our rather spacious tent. This started with a challenge of what objects would be most useful should we ever happen to capsize our boat in the middle of the Atlantic. Both teams got the exercise largely correct, guessing that water, food and a mirror to signal would be the prerequisites for survival. We then moved on to determining which 6 of our entire team should be rescued in the event of a nuclear winter. This was fun, although we spent so long discussing the issue that the rescue helicopter took off empty.
After this we played a game involving participants writing three facts and one lie about themselves, and then having to guess who had written what, and which “fact” was a lie. There we discovered various interesting aspects of each others’ personalities. Following on from dinner we moved outdoors to attempt to make a square with a piece of rope. This might have been somewhat easier had Anna not decided to blindfold all of us, but the results were entertaining. We then moved on to a slalom race, with one person blindfolded, and another guiding the first person up the course before the pair switching roles for the return leg. The times posted were very competitive, the routes followed occasionally hilarious. We finished off by attempting to make a sturdy robust bridge from old newspapers. Here, we discovered that the one team had missed its obvious vocation as construction engineers.
After all of this, we gathered round the campfire for a sing-song and a nice cup of tea, reflected on the day and had an enjoyable night. I personally enjoyed myself thoroughly, but it wasn’t just me. A good time was had by all, exactly as it should be.