Zorbing near Manchester - hill rolling where the countryside meets the city. Well placed for enthusiastic zorbers from Cheshire, Macclesfield and beyond, you will be revelling in your revolutions on a run that's right next to fields of sheep!
Expect some funny looks from the animals grazing in the neighbouring field then, as you get ready to play at being a hamster in a ball at this proper working farm just south of Manchester near Macclesfield. Zorbing here comes in two forms - harness or hydro - and all rolls are for two people together.
If you pick the hardcore harness version, you'll both be given a body harness to wear that attaches you firmly in one spot opposite each other in the ball.
If you fancy being in your inflatable globe with a load of water, it's just a case of wearing gear you don't mind getting wet, as hydro zorbing is more of a freestyle affair. There are no harnesses, you just slosh around as you roll!
The tricky bit is getting into the sphere in the first place. The best method is a sort of swan dive to try and throw yourself through the tunnel opening to the inner sanctum. This task alone is enough to make you giggle and you've not even started the run yet.
With a push and shove of the ball to get you off the starting platform, you will suddenly find yourselves tumbling and turning on your own axis. You can't see much through the plastic and you won't be able to tell which way up you are, but you will be going downhill, that's for sure. The aerial netting at the bottom slows you down and hey presto you've survived your first zorbing experience.
As you squeeze yourself out and get your bearings, the sphere is put on the trailer and pulled back up to the top of the slope, ready for the next pair waiting excitedly to go zorbing. Manchester may only be a few miles away, but this venue is a fabulous setting for it in the countryside around Macclesfield and Cheshire - grass, mud, animals and all!
Harness Sphereing
Aqua Sphereing
Harness Sphere
Aqua Ride
