As fun as I had hoped

As I have always wanted to try an escape room my wife suggested I get a team together as part of a birthday gift. 3 of us had never tried one before and 2 had some experience. Although I didn’t know what to expect it was all the fun I hoped it would be. The solutions to move through were logical with hindsight but with time ticking, and errors being made, our guide (or more accurately our Intel Agent), Nel would communicate over our walkie talkie keeping us focused and ensuring we didn’t abandon a puzzle solution because we had made a minor mistake somewhere, she also “hacked” our room timer to buy us a few more minutes, allowing us to escape, just.

We all had a great day and I really appreciated how Nel nudged us towards solutions without spoiling the puzzles and gifted us those few extra minutes that allowed us to beat our room, leaving with a feeling of flustered triumph {Thanks Nel). We are all planning to return in a couple of months to try another room!