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Last week I mentioned a Team Building, away-day and have been meaning to document it but... This was supposed to include every one in the company, half on Wednesday night and Thursday and the other half on Thursday night and Friday (it's a small company).
Anyway Wednesday after work four of my colleagues and myself made our way to the Farringdon Tube station and after a fair wait caught a direct Metropolitan Line train to Chesham (which is the closest station to the conference centre).
Since it was still a nice sunny afternoon, after an hour on the train, when we arrived in Chesham,(it was just after six), we decided to walk. The instructions we had been given indicated that the station was five minutes away from the conference site by taxi. At 30mph this would indicate a distance of under 3 miles, which with a average walking speed of 4mph ought to be less than 45 minutes walk. Just over an hour after we started, we arrived to check in and find our rooms. We were almost late for the first presentation!
In the first presentation we were told that we had done well as a new start-up in the charity sector but we could do better and that this was what the following day was about.
Then we broke for dinner, which was very nice. There was a good selection of material on the menu, I had Chicken liver and Pork terrine with apricot & sultana compote as a starter followed by Roasted pork belly on bubble & squeak with boiled vegetables. Finishing of with an excellent cheesecake.
We then broke for a final short presentation and then I tumbled into bed (I was very tired after the walk!) The bed rooms was in a large cottage a few meters away from the building with a double bed and an en-suite shower. very comfortable. [More to come?]
Anyway Wednesday after work four of my colleagues and myself made our way to the Farringdon Tube station and after a fair wait caught a direct Metropolitan Line train to Chesham (which is the closest station to the conference centre).
Since it was still a nice sunny afternoon, after an hour on the train, when we arrived in Chesham,(it was just after six), we decided to walk. The instructions we had been given indicated that the station was five minutes away from the conference site by taxi. At 30mph this would indicate a distance of under 3 miles, which with a average walking speed of 4mph ought to be less than 45 minutes walk. Just over an hour after we started, we arrived to check in and find our rooms. We were almost late for the first presentation!
In the first presentation we were told that we had done well as a new start-up in the charity sector but we could do better and that this was what the following day was about.
Then we broke for dinner, which was very nice. There was a good selection of material on the menu, I had Chicken liver and Pork terrine with apricot & sultana compote as a starter followed by Roasted pork belly on bubble & squeak with boiled vegetables. Finishing of with an excellent cheesecake.
We then broke for a final short presentation and then I tumbled into bed (I was very tired after the walk!) The bed rooms was in a large cottage a few meters away from the building with a double bed and an en-suite shower. very comfortable. [More to come?]
Average walking speed of 4mph? Really?
I've just checked a few websites (including health ones and wikipedia) and they all agree that a brisk walking pace is 3 to 3.5mph
e.g. Wikipedia
"An average walking speed is about 5 km/h (3 mph), although this depends heavily on factors such as height, weight, age and terrain."
Also
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art20257.asp
Re: Average walking speed of 4mph? Really?
Day Two, Thursday
First thing I went for breakfast, ordering the full monty just after eight. Before the food could arrive the fire alarms went off and we had to exit quickly. It was determined that it was a false alarm but the bells rang again before we were let in. Breakfast was eventually served and was reasonable, I drank lots of tea and had extra burn your own toast.
As a result of a checkout time of 9:30am and the fire alarm the first session of the day was delayed to 9:30am. It was fairly normal, presentations, discussion, collaboration and summarisation.
We broke for an hours lunch, which was served buffet style and then I wandered through the grounds. Found a phone mast, a pitch and put golf course and tennis courts (non of which I used).
We finally finished at 5pm and this time got a taxi to the tube station, and then home.