As darkness falls around this characterful part of London participants tells us that it all starts to feel a bit spooky. Is that footsteps on the cobbles behind?
Treasure Hunting Team Meets Ken Livingstone
Added to the list of celebrities spotted on our London Treasure Hunt is former London Mayor Ken Livingstone who met one of our teams and was kind enough to stop for a photo. It always adds to the fun when one of the teams meets someone famous and can earn them vital bonus points.
We use a lot of interesting facts about London in our Treasure Hunts. We like to combine fun and action with a few interesting facts and, although we call it trivia, they are often quite fascinating.
Did you know, for example, that The Lloyd’s Building was built on the site of the old London maypole? Or that in 1690 during building works the remains of a wooly mammoth were unearthed. There is evidence of inhabitation of the London site going back half a million years and that it has been constantly inhabited for the last 15,000 years.
London is a wonderfully interesting event location.
The London Treasure Hunt is one of the most popular treasure hunts because so many clients are based in London and it is a fabulous location full of history and interesting sights.
One might assume that a London Treasure Hunt would take in locations such as The Tower of London and Madame Tussauds, however the skill of the writer is to choose locations where there is plenty to see and do but where queues are avoided.
As with any treasure hunt the real fun is unpredictable and often involves strangers who
Duncan Bannatyne on a London Treasure Hunt
We were in London yesterday doing a Treasure Hunt for a client starting out of their offices near Covent Garden. They were a great bunch and a lot of fun was had by all, including us.
One of the clues asked to to head to St James’ Park to get a photo of ‘the rarest bird they can find’ (there are black swans and even pelicans in the lake). The team were delighted to bump into the legendary Duncan Bannatyne having a stroll through London’s most beautiful park. He seems to be a charming enough fellow and happily stopped for a photograph, leaving the team delighted to have got their picture of a rare dragon!
