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ARTICLE FROM SUNDAY TIMES Both photographs : copyright Dr Iain Jennings reproduced by Sunday Times with permission of Dr. Iain Jennings.       
       NATIONAL MEDIA & 
      PRESS COVERAGE

  From 1981  right up to the present, Peak Activities Ltd's 
  products & services have often been featured extensively 
  in many national and international newspapers and in the
  HRD and Trade Press.   We have also had great reviews 
  on numerous national & international television and radio 
  travel and on HRD training documentary programmes 
  on BBC and ITV television. This page features some samples
  of the rave reviews and kind comments we have received
  in the UK press and media such as television and radio.

 

 

| Click for Press Coverage of our Sports Events | Click for article from Sunday Times on our Caving Weekends |
|Click to see Sunday Times Travel Peak District Multi Activity Multisports Weekend Review |
| Click for Press Comments of our Training Events | | Click for Press Coverage of our Team Development Events |

 

Distinguished travel writers & journalists have often joined in during
our popular sports and serious training events incognito and their
resulting rave reviews have included no less than four lengthy
illustrated articles
in the 'Sunday Times' Travel Section (1982-present).
Many other enthisiastic features have been published in media including
the "
The Independent", 'Sunday Telegraph', Daily Mail & many other UK
media and trade press.

 

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Please click here to see a recent article  by Steve Bleach of the Sunday Times 
Travel Magazine who tried out and then highly recommended our popular beginners' 
caving weekends. Steve was voted UK Travel Writer of the Year just after he was here.

Click here for details and dates and prices of our popular open sports courses.
 
Extract from a press article on outdoor pursuits and outdoor instruction services proivided by the staff at Peak Activities Ltd.

 

... senior members of the
travel trade have had some
very nice things to say about us !

 

 

 

 

We had a fabulous full page editorial on the back page of the Sunday Times Travel Section
written by Michael Woods on 21st Feb 88. This featured our popular multisports weekends
designed for complete beginners with no prior experience... Click for full details.

Unusually we had a two page rave review in the "Western Australian" after their Travel Editor
was here on holiday with his wife. One of our staff on holiday in Perth WA got the shock of his
life when on his first day in Freemantle he saw himself in the local paper's Travel Magazine !

We've been featured all around the world thanks to Singapore Airlines' House Magazine !

Wrag outs of articles on our services, people and customers' comments........Abseiling - wrag outs of some of the articles on our abseiling activities with staff based at Rock Lea.

TRADE PRESS COVERAGE OF OUR PEAK ACTIVITIES LTD's SERVICE

The success of our training events for companies such as Rover, Bosch, Northern Foods,
Powergen and Volkswagon hasn't gone unpublished either. We have often had glowing
write up in the in-house magazines and in professional trade journals such as Lucas Life,
Bosch People, Northern Foods News, Singapore Airlines'  "Outlook",  Managing,
YHA's Triangle, Management Today, Management Development, and many other media.
 
An post course article published in Northern Foods' company newspaper by the participants of one of our many courses run for that comnpany.
Recently our short team building courses we were featured and illustrated in April's "Edge"  
- the Magazine of the Institute for Leadership & Management's which seeks to promote best
practise in developing and  driving Leadership and Management Skills. The ILM is part of the
City & Guilds Group.  



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An article on Team Building at Rock Lea by senior Land Rover Discovery & Defender Production Managers


Other articles on our Training & Development Courses tailored for companies have appeared 
in media such as "Training Today" and "Management Development" and "Personnel Today".
Trade and staff publications such as "Bosch News" , "Lucas Life" and "Land Rover Today"
and many other media have frequently written up courses which have been particularly
successful and costg effective.  Companies such as e.on and EDF  have published extensive 
articles on the courses we have run from them.  For excample we were especially pleased by 
an EDF article singing the praises of one of our bespoke first aid courses which our MD
designed to develop leadership skills for Power Station personnel. That article is published 
elsewhere on our website ( click here to go there ).

Specialist articles on topics such as tailored events for families have appeared in
national media recently such as the Sunday Telegraph. Click here to see a copy.

Copright : Image of Peak Activities Ltd's logotype.

      
Group organisers who want a tailored event can visit Rock Lea for pre-trip planning 
meetings.  They are welcome to browse the many press cuttings and kind clients'  
comments that we have on file here. We're proud of our long and successful track 
record of looking after the people who trust us to look after them. 

Pre-trip planning meetings are a great way to make sure group events go right first 
time !  Phone us on 01433-650345 to discuss any specific requirements you may 
have in mind.


.........Ian Wright filming caving at our centre with a BBC  film crew for hios pilot of his Saturday night show "I'll do anything"...Photograph of BBC personality and footballer Mr Ian Wright - one of the many famous people who have filmed our activities with BBC film crews visiting us over the past 20 years.....

A group of climbers from Rock Lea Activity Centre being filmned by a BBC film crew for a programme which was broadcast on both BBC2 and BBC2 - hosted by BBC sports presenter Mr Damion Johnson.Caroline filming with Ian Wright with the BBC.

NATIONAL TELEVISION COVERAGE ON TRAINING & HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES...

 Peak Activities have experienced considerable national & international television 
coverage since we started filming in 1981...with many broadcasters & celebrities 
( such as Ian Wright, Damion Johnson, Matt Dickinson and Alex Lester ) having been 
out with us filming and taking part in sports and training activities for various BBC1,
BBC2, Yorkshire Television, NBC, and ITV television features on our caving, abseiling,
watersports, mountain biking and rock climbing activities.  


Our more sophisticated management training and team building events for companies
have also been highly acclaimed and featured in several television documentaries that 
have been made at Rock Lea with Peak Activities staff.  


BBC Sports Presenter Damion Johnson filming biking, canoeing and abseiling with us for BBC1 tv' s   "Edit Five" Programme.


Click here for pictures and more details of tv & radio coverage of Peak Activities Ltd' services.


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RADIO COVERAGE has included several live broadcasts for BBC Radio Four
including the Radio Four Breakaway and Today programmes and Live and
Recorded programmes for Alex Lester on BBC Radio Two and for Radio 5 Live.
There have been numerous features involving local radio stations too.


Prospective clients visiting Rock Lea for pre-trip planning meetings 
are welcome to ask to see screenings of samples of some of the many 
broadcasted films and documentaries we have here as reference copies.


Image picture of a lady of High Ropes Course Challeneg during a training course outdoors with  our outdoor pursuits instructors based in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire.

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Tel. 01433-650345...

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