Welcome to the Gay Outdoor Club
GOC is a members club, run by the people who go on its events. Most events are free and you can just turn up without booking, but when you join GOC all of the money goes to run the club and none on salaries or profits.
The Gay Outdoor Club operates throughout Great Britain and provides a wide range of outdoor and indoor sports and recreational activities for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender men and women.
Our 1,500 members enjoy over 500 events each year including walking, cycling, mountain biking, canoeing, caving, rock climbing, mountaineering, skiing, swimming and badminton. Most of our events are one day but we also organise weekend and longer events such as hostelling weekends, an arctic adventure and a white water rafting expedition.
For more specialist activities we have groups for caving, rock climbing, cycling, swimming and skiing. Some of those events are for people with experience, but we also have events for novices.
Visitors to the website can get a good idea of our range of activities but only members can access full details of events. You can register now for a free trial account or join to gain full access to our site and events.
Upcoming Changes and what Remains the Same
We have spent quite some time looking at the results of the survey and we have already touched on some of the findings at the AGM. It has been difficult to reach any hard and fast conclusions from the data provided because we have a very diverse membership and for every member who liked an aspect of the club or the website there were others who did not....
Twixmas weekend away based at a hostel in Trefin Pembrokeshire
3 night Christmas break, walking on the coastal path in Pembrokeshire--3 spaces available.
Check out full details here.Escape the madness this Festive period and sign up to join us in this most beautiful area of West Wales.
GOC Stonewall October 2017 Appeal
We are lucky to live in one of the best countries in the world for LGBT+ people and the Gay Outdoor Club wants to say thank you to Stonewall for playing such an important part in making that happen. There is still work to do, even in the UK, but also in other regions, eg Chechnya and some countries in Africa....
Keep in touch and spread the word on Facebook and Twitter. @GayOutdoorClub1, #gocuk
All Wales Weekend, 16/17th September 2017
The All Wales Weekend was held in Bethesda at the north-western end of Snowdonia’s Carneddau range of mountains.
The weather in the days before the weekend had seen lots of heavy rain and a recce the night before of the start of the planned route had to end rather sharply....
Ingleborough and Wards Stone - AOG 5th/6th August 2017
Some pictures from the walks over the AOG weekend. Saturday 5th was a walk up Ingleborough and on the Sunday we visited the remote top of Wards Stone in the Forest of Bowland, not far from the university.
Dorset Group: Lewesdon Hill/Stoke Abbott 10/09/2017
An uncertain forecast and the distance from main centres of population meant that only 5 of us made it to the walk up Lewesdon Hill. Still, one member made it from the other end of the county, despite suffering from toothache. Yes, we like to see fortitude from our members....
Sat 23 to Sun 24 Sep 2017
Near Keswick, Cumbria, England
Climbing, Climbing Group Full details...
Fri 06 to Sun 08 Oct 2017
Hadrian's Wall hostel weekend, Northumberland (TP#10/17)
Near Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England
Some options need booking
Moderate Walk, Transpennine, Adventure Out Groups Full details...
Sat 14 to Sun 15 Oct 2017
Climbing weekend - Peak District (Roaches)
Near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Climbing, Climbing Group Full details...
Sat 14 to Sun 22 Oct 2017
Autumn Cycling and Walking Week, Mallorca October 2017
Cycling, London, Adventure Out, Cycling, Events Abroad Groups Full details...