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.
Rambling On At The Board Meeting
The Trustees met in London on the 7th April to discuss the future of the website, finances and incentives.
Top of the agenda was what to do about the website. The Trustees all agreed that the Gay Outdoor Club needed to invest in a new website that is easier to update, maintain and is fully compatible with hand held devices....
Women at AOG--Telford Fri to Mon 27th to 30th July 2018
I would like to remind our women members of the above event.
Disappointingly only 3 women so far have booked their places to stay at the University and one woman is also booked on the camp site--see information for that on the AOG webpage, https://www.goc....
GOC Shop
I have been asked about this recently. A news item in November gave details of the merchandise, including a link to the shop.
We have now added the link to the "information" section at the top of the GOC website.
Happy shopping!!
Al
West Wales ...
Keep in touch and spread the word on Facebook and Twitter. @GayOutdoorClub1, #gocuk
Keynsham and Queen Charlton 15 April 2018
In spite of the ominous weather forecast ten walkers assembled outside St John the Baptist Church in Keynsham. In the event, there was some drizzle at times during the walk, but the temperatures were very pleasant and the views of the surrounding countryside quite extensive....
14 April 2018: Breachwood Green, the reprise
Event led by Peter O Attendance: 13 men Distance: 9.8 miles (15.78 km) Time: start 11:10, end 15:59, lunch 42 minutes Terrain: footpath, bridleway, field-edge, grass, pavement, road, track. Elevation: start 146m, high 160m, low 100m Weather: mainly sunny, with occasional minor cloud cover, dry, cool breeze....
Easter at Corrour
It's been a long winter and despite it now being officially spring, the snow had not yet relented when the Adventure Out group met for Easter at the remote hostel of Loch Ossian in the western highlands of Scotland. The hostel is an attractive old wooden stable ...
Fri 20 to Sun 22 Apr 2018
Wharfedale Birthday Weekend (TP#4/18)
Near Skipton, North Yorkshire, England
Booking required
Difficult Walk, Transpennine, Adventure Out Groups Full details...
Winchcombe near Cheltenham in The Cotswolds--Women only weekend away
Members only, booking required
Moderate Walk, Women Group Full details...
Fri 04 to Mon 07 May 2018
Near Sedbergh, Cumbria, England
Moderate Walk, Transpennine, Adventure Out, Camping and Caravanning Groups Full details...
Sat 05 to Mon 07 May 2018
Wild Camping at the Tarf Hotel
Near Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Mountain Walking, Scotland, Adventure Out Groups Full details...