The essential 14 for tourist-mountain climbing
If you’re heading up one of the more popular tourist-ridden mountains this summer where the paths are reasonably well marked, you might be wondering what to take. After all, many…
How to choose a guide for outdoor activities
Hiring a guide for your next outdoor adventure can make your trip more fun and rewarding. Below we’ve provided some tips and information to help you plan your trip and…
Shopping for snowboard bindings
After snowboard boots, snowboard bindings are perhaps the most crucial piece of equipment for snowboarders. They ultimately provide the link between the brain and the board, ensuring that the brilliant…
The 10 best snowboarding resorts
Choosing one of the many good snowboarding resorts should be your first step to enjoying a good snowboarding holiday. It may seem like a somewhat obvious statement to make, but…
Shopping for snowboard boots
Though your first instinct when shopping for snowboard equipment might be to browse the substantial diversity of snowboards and bindings on sale, in reality, your snowboard boots may well prove…
Buying a snowboard
Just as snowboarding has a long and intriguing history, so does the nature of snowboards themselves. Prepare for a very interesting history lesson… Perhaps the first thing even resembling a…
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Welcome to UK Outdoor Pursuits
Outdoor activities – Inspiration – Outdoor adventures
Participating in outdoor pursuits in the UK doesn’t have to be a one-off field trip experience. If you have a love of the outdoors and you love a tough challenge, then get yourself down to one of the many outdoor activity centres in the UK and get muddy. You don’t have to be in a big group to enjoy the outdoors – it doesn’t matter if there are only a couple of you wanting to get for the day. There are plenty of outdoor pursuits you can participate in that need only a few of you such as quad biking, white water rafting – you can always join in with others at the activity centres to make up teams.
If you are feeling like something totally different, why not find yourself a charter boat with an experienced skipper or find a spot of quiet shoreline on the UK coast for some serious sea fishing – or even spearfishing which is really up and coming in the UK (lots of info on spearfishing.co.uk and if you don’t have a buddy try the UK Spearfishing Buddies facebook group). Whichever type of outdoor pursuits you are looking for, due to the very nature of the weather in the UK, the terrain, the countryside and the coastal areas, there is a huge amount that you can do. If you are looking for some inspiration you need to read Grand Adventures by Alastair Humphreys – if it is by kayak, boat, car, bike – there is inspirational wisdom in this book from people who have devoted their lives to adventure and people who have had the adventure of a lifetime and then got themselves back to reality. The hardest part of your weekend will be deciding which activity or adventure to take up.