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.
Lewisham to Canary Wharf
Some 26 walkers, including several newcomers, met up at Lewisham station in good walking weather - dry with a mixture of sunshine and cloud and a pleasant breeze.
Heading up towards Blackheath we looked at The Pagoda - an exotic 1760s oriental style house - before heading across to the far western end of Blackheath to have fine views across London at The Point....
The Future of Outdoors – Update 11th June
Back in April, we advised everyone that unless the board received an application to become the new editor of Outdoors by Saturday 10th June, the board would have to begin the process of winding the magazine down. I regret to tell you that this deadline has now passed and no application has been received....
AGM 2017
At its meeting on Saturday 8th April the board voted to put the following resolutions to the AGM:
That Oasis Accounting Services be appointed as the independent accountant. As a result of ill health, Mr D.A. King, who had been our independent account for a number of years, was unable to put together the 2016 accounts....
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Esh Winning: a walk in the west Durham hills – 18th June 2017
On planning our walks we usually plan to meet somewhere accessible to all, including those without their own transport - as well as offering to share transport for the more remote meeting places – and on this occasion we gathered at the bus station in Durham for a morning journey west into the nearby countryside....
Dorset Group: Portland 25/06/2017
We were a group of 13 for our circular walk round the island of Portland including visitors from Surrey GOC. Ably guided by Stuart who has made Portland his home, we discovered a wealth of sights and information concerning aspects of island life, history and wildlife previously unknown to us....
West Somerset Railway & Minehead Trip
A few of us assembled at Bishops Lydeard Station to take the train to Minehead on what looked to possibly be a rather wet day. However, apart from short periods of some misty rain we had dry weather for a walk around Minehead taking in the Higher Town and Middle Town areas....
Fri 30 Jun to Sun 02 Jul 2017
Canoeing plus glamping weekend Hay-on-Wye
Booking required
Canoeing, Transpennine, Adventure Out Groups Full details...
Near Okehampton, Devon, England
Booking required
Camping, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Adventure Out, Camping and Caravanning, Women Groups Full details...
Sat 01 to Sun 02 Jul 2017
Near Swanage, Dorset, England
Some options need booking
Moderate Walk, Berkshire & Mid Thames, Dorset, Oxford, Solent, Surrey, Transpennine, Adventure Out Groups Full details...
Fri 07 to Sat 08 Jul 2017
Camping weekend Northamptonshire with walks
Camping, East Midlands, Camping and Caravanning Groups Full details...