A ZIP wire course, up to eight metres above the ground, could be created at the home of Scotland’s first wakeboarding park.

Foxlake Adventures, which not only boasts the wakeboarding park but also a rope course over Foxlake, is looking to add to its attractions with ambitious new plans.

Documents were validated by East Lothian Council last week and James Barbour, operations director, is hoping the scheme could be in place as early as this summer.

He said: “The majority of our activities are water-based and we wanted to do something, a dry activity, which will complement the activities we have got but also increase our operational season.

“We have been doing a bit of research and travelling the country.

“We have got woods here at Foxlake and feel it is ideal to add [a zip wire course] to our current operation.”

Mr Barbour said people using the zip wire course at Foxlake, which employs six full-time members of staff and a further 20 during the summer season, would be between three and eight metres off the ground over the length of the course.

He added: “What we are looking at is nothing too gnarly.

“We wanted a family-friendly activity and one of the more unique things we are doing is a dual zip wire course.

“You would be going through the trees but alongside your buddies.

“Some of the rope courses you go to, if you are going there as a group you can be spread out right along the course because it is one person on each element, and we wanted to do something a bit different.”

A planning and design statement has been included in the planning documents, which outlines a little bit more about the scheme.

The proposed zip wire course would comprise three separate zones at Foxlake Adventures, between West Barns and East Linton, within the existing woodland.

Each zone would then be split into two zip lines running over four stages.

The document reads: “Each zone is broadly well contained within the existing woodland setting and views of the starting and landing platforms would generally be screened by surrounding trees from view outwith the wood itself.

“The starting platforms to each zip line will be free standing on timber posts and not directly fixed to the trees; all works will be carried out in a manner to minimise damage to significant tree roots.

“Excavations will be hand dug with care to avoid severing the structural roots of the surrounding trees.

“The platforms will be constructed of timber to harmonise with the activity’s woodland setting.”

It concludes that the new attraction, which could help create another five jobs, could be achieved “without causing any detrimental affect to the existing woodland setting”, and: “The zip wire course will be carried out to a high standard, will ensure the future maintenance and upkeep of the woodland and continue the progress of Foxlake Adventures as a sustainable year-round local employer.”