Surfing indoors? Yep, welcome to the flowrider! Having surfed for over a decade, I was hoping to be reasonable at this and was looking forward to seeing what the wave would be like. So lets get the technical side out of the way. A flowrider is an indoor […]
Jumping off buildings safely has come on ‘leaps and bounds’ since power fans have been added to the equation. Allowing safe jumping on a wire with a steady arrival at the bottom also makes, what seems like a huge challenge, more achievable! It doesn’t help one bit with […]
Short mat bowls is not something I ever thought I would be doing in my lifetime, least of all actually enjoying it! I added it to the Challenge200 list, to just do that, try things I just wouldn’t have gone for. I added Short Mat Bowls as I […]
Bootcamp is designed to get people out of the mundane gym life and in to the outdoors, for fitness with a difference. Designed to be accessible for all abilities, and done as a team, Bootcamp offers fitness in a fun and achievable way. We met Donna Jordan who […]
Challenge 200! Over the last 10 years I have really enjoyed trying out as many sports and activities as I can. There are a few that I have really stuck to, partly due to cost and location, but most down to what I get out of them! In […]
Every now and then you do something that will stick with you for the rest of your life. The tidal stretch of the River Severn from Gloucester to Arlingham is a lovely 18 mile stretch that changes with every corner. We had previously paddled this stretch and had […]
Krav Maga means close fight, or close combat and is well known to be used by the Israeli defense and special forces, the main reason it was designed for. Known for its mixed range of influences from other arts, extremely efficient and brutal counter attacks, and a lot […]
I guess I am like a lot of anglers in the UK, when I pack for holiday I always try to squeeze in a small rod of some sort…just incase. Knowing I was going to spend a week in Teignmouth, I packed a small Bass rod or light […]
I hadn’t really ever been on a high ropes course before, so when Dan Brice from the Vivary Adventure & High Ropes Centre in Taunton, Somerset invited me and a friend to come and have a go, we both jumped at the chance! The friend in question was […]
You could be mistaken for thinking White Water Rafting is something you do when you are abroad, in fact the UK, and in particular Scotland, have many rivers offering all grades of whitewater and loads of Rafting! We met up with Splash White Water Rafting on the river […]
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