Clay Pigeon Shooting with Graythwaite Adventure
Our clay pigeon shooting site is nestled in the heart of Graythwaite Estate, on the shores of Windermere, where we love to welcome first timers and experienced shots alike. We specialise in running relaxed sessions in a fun and informative environment. Following an introduction by your instructor, there'll be a short all-important safety briefing before moving on to tuition and hitting clays. We’ve a great track record for advancing novices through to consistently breaking a variety of targets and we love it when guests succeed. We offer two tuition packages; a 25-shot and a 50-shot experience. For first timers, we recommend 25 shots and for those more experienced, 50 shots and an increased variety of targets is a great choice. The minimum age is 8 years, however some juniors aren't quite so comfortable with gun handling at this age, so we suggest that parents are best placed to make a judgement on this. We offer only private experiences so regardless of numbers (minimum 2 guests) you'll have exclusive use of the clay shooting site with a dedicated qualified coach. What to expect. Upon arrival at our shooting site, please make use of our free parking before meeting one of our team of friendly team. Following introductions, we'll conduct the all-important safety briefing. We'll go through gun mounting, movement, tracking and how to hit the clays. 1:1 tuition allows us to work with each of you in your party to make sure you're all getting the most out of your time with us and demonstrate real progress. For competitive parties, we'll bring out the score cards for some friendly competition. For up to 4 guests, the duration is 1 - 1.5 hours, longer for 5 or more. Given the nature of the activity, the consumption of alcohol is not permitted prior to taking part. Guests to Graythwaite Adventure can enjoy other fun experiences; archery and axe throwing. Experience : Explore : Escape. Inclusions What's Included 🧰 Equipment - We'll provide all the equipment you'll need 📋 Other - Parking, toilet What you'll need 🧤 Warm Clothing - We suggest dressing appropriately for the outdoor weather in the Lakes ☂️ Waterproofs
Archery and Axe Throwing with Graythwaite Adventure
For those wanting to improve their aim or perhaps try something new, archery and axe throwing is always popular and a lot of fun. Enjoyed as individual activities or bookable together, with the chance to exercise your archery skills whilst having a go at the ever increasingly popular sport of axe throwing. Our friendly and experienced instructor will provide the all-important safety briefing followed by expert tuition for novices and those that have done it before. Here's your chance to channel your inner Robin Hood and have a go at axe throwing; once the preserve of lumberjack competitions in the USA this activity has been embraced by the British public and is super fun and competitive. Surrounded by peace and quiet and Lakeland estate land, this is the perfect location to learn something new or brush up on your aim. What to expect. Upon arrival at our shooting site, please make use of our free parking before meeting one of our friendly instructors. Following introductions, we'll head to the archery and axe throwing range for the safety briefing. Following practice rounds, you'll progress to the competition where we introduce fun target challenges to test your skills resulting in one of you being crowned 'aim of the day'! We offer only private experiences so regardless of numbers (minimum 4 guests) you'll have exclusive use of the archery and axe throwing range with a dedicated qualified instructor. The duration is approximately 45 minutes for a single activity or 1.5 hours for both archery and axe throwing. Given the nature of the activity, the consumption of alcohol is not permitted prior to taking part. Guests to Graythwaite Adventure can also enjoy clay pigeon shooting. Experience : Explore : Escape. Inclusions What's Included 🧰 Equipment - We'll provide all the equipment you'll need 📋 Other - Parking, toilet What you'll need 🧤 Warm Clothing - We suggest dressing appropriately for the outdoor weather in the Lakes. Please avoid open toe sandals or flipflops for this activity. ☂️ Waterproofs