Zipping in the woods

One thing Lithuania has definitely gotten right is the design of rope courses. Uno Parkas runs a franchise of these courses in the outskirts of major cities and tourist centres and while I will happily confess to not being an expert in the genre, the courses are great fun, and I haven’t come across anything quite as enjoyable – and affordable elsewhere. This particular course happened to have a spider-themed design entirely appropriate for the Halloween season. The courses are best enjoyed from the age of around five or six, when you’re able to manage a couple of clips to keep you safe, and from there there is seemingly no upper limit to how advanced the courses go. On many of the parks, you can zip across a river, or try out the “elephant jump” – a tree-based spin on bungee jump. And though admittedly more expensive than a trip foraging for mushrooms in the forest, the modest fee won’t be wasted.