The team at Brownbill recently enjoyed a team building afternoon in Thame!
Below we hear from Business Director, Hilary Tonkin, on their afternoon full of fun!
Brownbill Case Management enjoyed a Team Building Day where they were tasked with solving the dastardly murder of Albert Ross who was found buried in a bunker at nearby Oxfordshire Golf Club.
Chief Inspector Les Nabbem was leading the case, able assisted by the Brownbill Team of Detective Chief Inspector Hilary “Taser” Tonkin, Chief Inspector Hollie “Hang ‘em High” Shrives, Officer Clare “Dibble” Dawson, Detective Zoe “Rozzer” Robertson, Detective Bea “Blues and Twos” Magor, Detective Michelle “Meat Wagon” Russell, Detective Inspector Helen “Handcuffs” Ratcliffe, Detective Kelsy “Newbie” Bees, Chief Inspector Jo “Jail ‘em” Carmody, Detective Kate “Let’s be Careful out There” Tinkler and Detective Sue “Sleuth” Randall.
Following a breakfast briefing at the office, the team were given their ID badges and their top secret bags with goodies to keep them going, a secret spy pen and a brain teasing puzzle to solve.
They split into three groups to venture out into the lovely nearby market town of Thame in Oxfordshire to use a series of cryptic clues dotted around the town and nearby countryside to solve the crime. The teams had to use all of their powers of ingenuity, observation, problem solving, morse code and maths to work together as a team to get to the bottom of who carried out the heinous crime.
The teams battled through a typical British summer’s day with pouring rain one minute, followed by blazing sunshine.
Among many snippets, we learned that:
- There was once a workhouse in Thame, where the creator of Bodington’s Beer once lived
- That the late, great Robin Gibb was a local resident and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church which dates back to the 13th Century
- The Birdcage is one of the oldest pubs in Thame parts of which date back to the 14th Century and was once used as a prison during the Napoleonic Wars
One of the teams also met the local Catholic Priest who tried to help them solve a particularly illusive clue.
Once the teams had solved the crime, we all gathered, feet sore and hot, for a delicious afternoon tea to reveal who we thought had committed the crime and how we all came to the same conclusion…… nearly!
It was a brilliant way to spend time together, working as a team and finding out a lot more about our nearby town. A great time was had by all! And the culprit got their rightful comeuppance.
