Wow, what an amazing place. Me and my friends son had arranged to go here for the day. We arrived at 1.30pm. The place is about 30miles outside Edinburgh. We arrived and we checked in, we were then given wetsuits and went to get changed. The changing rooms were very basic and the changing rooms didn't have doors, but curtains which made it a little difficult to get changed if you minded everyone seeing your bum. Once ready we got our life jackets and helmets and we were set for the day. First up was the foxfall, which is an assault course above water. You have no harness so if you fall you are in the water. There are 4 courses ranging from easy (which I thought was still pretty hard) to really hard. The final part of the course is the zipline where you end up in the water. This was great fun and you got 50 mins to go round it. After this we did wakeboarding. They do 15 minute slots as you can get tired quickly. I had tried wakeboarding before at loch Lomond behind a boat, but couldn't do it. Foxlake use a zipline which makes it a little easier. They say if they don't manage to get you up you'll get your money back, so it's a win win situation. My friends boy is amazing at wakeboarding so the girl (also called Eilidh) helping us have him some tips and supported him to manage a few of the jumps. When I was on Eilidh was really supportive and encouraging, she really was great. We then finished off the day doing Ringo, which is where you lie on an inflatable flat thing and get pulled along the water. This was great fun and we were able to do this together and we had a right laugh doing the challenges that we were set. The showers were pretty poor and if someone is using the other shower you literally get a little trickle. After we got changed we got a hot chocolate from the little cafe bar. This was reasonably priced and looked lovely and clean with a cute tearoom feel. This place caters for the whole family. I would say kids aged 7/8 up would love this place, as well as adults. Also would be really good for hen and stag parties if you fancy doing something different. read more

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I went to Foxlake on a school trip today and it was so good! We did the low ropes course, the Foxfall water assault course and the Ringo, which was really fun and fast! The Foxfall is like a mini Go-Ape except you are suspended above water and your only protection is your helmet and your buoyancy jacket. I think I fell in twice while completing it. The green and blue courses are for beginners but the red and black courses are not for the faint of heart! They are very fast paced and the elements are very difficult to get past. (Especially the climbing wall) The Ringo is next to Foxfall and it is so fun! An attendant sits in a seat and drags you up and down the lake with their remote control. I would recommend holding on tight to the handles because it moves very fast and I almost fell of the raft at one point! The attendant will make you do some challenges like sitting on your knees, lying on your back, riding on it without holding on and jumping into the lake at the deep end. After you jump in, you hold on to the raft and they will drive you back onto the docks. The low ropes course isn't as exciting as the water activities but it's still pretty decent. There are 4 ropes and you have to try and get from one end to the other. There are various rules such as only 2 people from 1 team can be on the ropes at one time. There is a café called The Boardside which actually looked quite good for a coffee kiosk in an amusement park. It is just a tiny hut, and the seating is benches by the Ringo lake. The toilets and changing facilities were ok. They are part of the same block, so if you are in the toilets, you will hear the noise from the changing room next door. Also if someone turns on a shower in the changing room, the water pressure from the taps in the bathroom will lower. I wish that the changing room cubicles had proper doors because the shower curtains are very flimsy and don't properly close. I will return to Foxlake in the future but I'm sure it must get very busy in the summer! Since the park was privately booked for our trip, I think it was a one-off occasion that it was so empty. read more