UK-active Notice Board 2005 |
Welcome to the uk-active notice board. The information contained on this board is for everybody to use, comment on or get involved with. All the latest news and updates will be noted here. Plus a few gigs, ideas and planned trips. |
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| 23/12/05 Here's hoping you all have a great christmas. It's been a great year with plenty of cool trips and next year we are planning to top it. So stayed tuned. Thanks to everybody who has contributed to the site and everyone who has visited. See you all in the new year. T.Bawn |
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18/12/05 It's nearly christmas! But before we get to that we managed to fit in a great climbing session on the Avon gorge on saturday. We climbed 4 routes including Nightmare which is classed as a severe and was truely a great climb. And the weather couldn't have been better, clear blue skies and warm sun! Looking forward to the next trip. Took a little river fishing trip today armed with bread and cheese and had some success in the way of a few nice Chub but the big roach are avoiding me!??! A 2 day winter walking trip is being planned for around the week after christmas if anyone is interested and we are also trying to sort a day in the week to meet up for a few beers. T.Bawn |
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05/12/05 Well it's been a little quiet the last couple of weeks but back to normal again now. A trip on the weekend around Blagdon lake in Somerset turned out to be a nice walk and the deer popping out of the hedgerow was a nice treat. And if it's trout fishing your after you need to check this place out. Some of the Brown trout we saw were huge. More trips are being planned for the coming months including walking in North & South Wales, Surfing the Gower, Pike fishing trips, indoor climbing and of course a christmas get together. There will also be a copy of the 2005 uk-active slide show including pictures and video's from throughout the year on CD for everyone who would like a copy. Let me know if you want one. T.Bawn
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15/11/05 What can I say about Scotland? Why have we never visited there before?!?! Our eyes of have been open to the scottish mountains which can only mean more trips!! Anyway after a bit of very windy and rainy weather we had a clear day which just gave us enough time to climb Ben Nevis (UK's highest mountain). The scenery was amazing and loads of great pictures to add to the site. Missed Vicky rolling down the hill though! Anyway all of that to come. Plenty planned in the coming weeks including a caving trip in the week and maybe a trek somewhere on the weekend if anyone is interested? I have also been told a possible paintballing trip is being planned. Email for more information. T.Bawn |
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09/11/05 A very wet weekend last weekend! Anyway it's the Scotland trip on the 11th, hope the weather holds out long enough to climb Ben nevis! Also going to try to fit in some ice climbing in the ice factor centre. Trying to plan the surf trip at the end of the month so i could do with names and dates from those interested. Found a great route to try out in the coming weeks in the western side of the Black Mountains if anyone would like to come to that. So be back soon. Don't forget you can also go watch the touts on the information below this weekend. A top night out full of great music. T.Bawn |
| Its time to feel the rock once more! Saturday 12th November @ The Porter Butt, London Rd, Bath "Save the Butt" Charity Gig with support from The Operation, Oedipus, & Azzuri. Starts at 8pm and its £5ish on the door i finks. Saturday 26th November @ The Croft, Stokes Croft, Bristol With 3 Ho's two mexicans and a tin of spanners, Footlong Heroes & Intention. Starts at 8pm and its FREE. Cheers Dave, Keith and Matt from the get-outs Check out our Myspace site here. http://www.myspace.com/thegetouts |
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30/10/05 A trip to the local stretch proved fruitfull this weekend with a handfull of nice Chub and Perch. More on that trip to come. More than we caught on our trip carping on the river in week but we will try again! A great Halloween party on saturday night and who can forget the nail game. Just got back from checking out a few local surf spots for future trips. They all looked promising so watch this space. Plenty planned for the week and a trip to the mountains next weekend so email me if your interested. T.Bawn |
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24/10/05 Congratulations to everyone on saturday for successfully completing the commando challenge and making it a great day. Although i think that's enough mud for this year lol. But back next year for sure! More pictures on that coming soon. The surf session on sunday was also a great success @ Caswell bay. More on that coming soon too. Plenty planned this weekend so get in touch if interested. T.Bawn |
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21/10/05 Just a couple of updates to the site. The first is the Snowdonia gallery from the summer. The second is you can always get an up to date surf report by visiting the new surf cams page. The weekend should be great with plenty of muddy tales tomorrow lol. See you then. T.Bawn |
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17/10/05 How can we describe the weekend!?!? Well the trip to Scotland to climb Ben Nevis is well under way with the flight tickets purchased and the maps thoroughly looked at and pondered at, which route to take??? Anyway on sunday myself and Stuart took a trip to Ilfracombe for a spot of Jetbiking and were treat with possibly the biggest swell we have ever been out in. Don't even want to think how the land would disappear every now and then. And as for Stuart's wave jumping antics!!!! More on that trip to come. Commando challenge this coming weekend and a surf trip to the Gower so stay tuned. T.Bawn |
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10/10/05 Our trip to Newgale proved to be a good choice on the weekend. Water was still quite warm and the surf was working ok on the saturday and although a little blown out on the sunday was still worth getting a wet wetsuit on for. And you also have the beach practically to yourself this time of the year!!!! We also found a gem of a campsite. More planned in the coming weeks including jetskiing in Ilfracombe, surfing in the Gower and fishing for river carp. T.Bawn |
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28/09/05 One cool little update for you. There is a new page on Mt Austabotntind in Norway which was recently climbed by our friends in Norway, Torunn & Helge. They sent me these pictures of the climb and you can see for yourself it looks like and absolute classic. If you like the look of this mountain then we may well attempt it sometime next year so get in contact. And we are also going to Newgale on fri 7th Oct - 9th Oct for a bit of surfing and a couple of beers if you fancy it. Oh and good luck to Grant on the weekend for the Bristol half marathon. |
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26/09/05 A quiet 2 day trip to a stillwater near London with Grant this weekend but it showed bags of potential for future trips. Last weekend a touch of kiting up the local park and a trip to the black mountains all added to an interesting weekend! Anyway more on all that coming soon. The commando challenge is coming up very soon and so far we have 9 in the team so if there are anymore let me know asap. Plenty more to come in the next couple of weeks.T.Bawn |
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13/09/05 Back with some cool pictures from Portugal. The surf was amazing and a special hi to all the guys who made it a great trip. Plenty of pictures and information on the trip will follow soon. We also managed to fit in a bit of biking too which was pretty cool. Anyway the commando challenge is coming up soon, a fishing trip to Kingsmead lake and a climbing trip with the guys from Kilimanjaro to the lake district are all to come. Still a few weeks left of summer!!!!!! T.Bawn |
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| 04/09/05 Off to the Sagres Natura surf camp in Portugal today for a week of surfing so this will be the last update for a week or so. A couple of people have asked about the commando challenge in October so i will send everyone a entry form as soon as i get back and we can then sort out transport. Don't forget the gigs below. Surf's up! T.Bawn |
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31/08/05 Well last weekend was a mixture of weird weather, mountains and rivers. A nice trip walking the horseshoe in the Brecon beacons. Fishing turned out great too with a nice barbel in the net. More on these trips coming soon. Surfing in Portugal on the 4th of sept, so won't be around for a week. More things planned soon. Drop me an email if you are interested. OH AND GET WELL SOON STU T.Bawn |  |
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22/08/05 A trip to Bullocks farm and a power kite session were all part of a great weekend. More on the mendips hills to come as well. To check out the new Chamonix section click here. We are also building a team for the Commando Challenge on October the 23rd and we are welcoming anyone to join the uk-active team. Drop me an email if you are interested. T.Bawn |  |
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16/08/05 Well the Mount Blanc trip was slightly altered into a great climbing trip around the mountains in Chamonix. Full of great stories, scenery and some serious climbing. More information on Chamonix and how we got on will follow in the next couple of weeks. You can now buy some cool beads to wear out and about on your travels right here on uk-active in our cool shop. Oh and thanks to Virve & Orjan for the great postcard from Belgrade. Looks cool. T.Bawn |
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31/07/05 Finally we have more pictures from our climbing session on the Avon gorge which can be viewed here. A short fishing session on a local lake with peperami can be viewed here. And more pictures including the party pictures from Elbrus have now been added and can be viewed here. |  |
| We also had a great evening session bream fishing and this will be added soon. Preparation for the mount Blanc trip is well under way and the Portugal surf camp holiday has been booked for september. More planned trips in the next couple of months. T.Bawn |
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17/07/05 After a bit of Barbel fun on the river over the last couple of days and the great weather we took a trip to the Cotswold water park for a bit of canoeing. The lakes were great, the water was clean and the sun stayed out all day. For more info on their lakes check out their website. Cotswold water park. More info on the barbel in the week. T.Bawn |
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11/07/05 What a great weekend. A few updates to check out: Elbrus trip (loads of pic's etc), more pic's from the ringos, catching Barbel & Chub on the river and Rainbow fishing on the river. Plenty more planned, including surfing in cornwall and climbing in Snowdonia. And a trip to Mount Blanc on August the 10th which should be a trip to remember. T.Bawn |
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04/07/05 Well what can i say about LIVE 8? Amazing is about the only word I can think of. More pictures from the concert to come. Lets hope it works! Who was the best act well it's hard to choose but Keane, razorlight, pink floyde and the who were pretty special. NASS 2005 is next weekend so drop us an email if you are interested. T.Bawn |
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Good day to you all, We bring good news! We've just been informed that The Get-Outs will be performing at this years Ashton Court Festival in Bristol . We will be rocking the Amphitheatre Stage at 3pm on Sunday 17th July and we'll have a few surprises in store for ye all. The festival runs all weekend with 150 bands including Super Furry Animals, Lemon Jelly & Steve Harley's Cockernee Rebellion costing a mere £6 to get in each day. More details can be found here http://www.ashtoncourtfestival.co.uk/ The Ashton Court warm up show details are as follows: Friday 15th July at The Croft, Stokes Croft, Bristol, with Sculpture, Steveless & Flamingo 50 Starts at 8pm £5 on the door 16+ See you down the front! Dave, Keith & Matt from The Get-Outs |
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29/06/05 Sorry i haven't been around for almost a month but during this time we have knocked off mount Elbrus in Russia and have had a lot of fun with computers going awol NOT! Oh and we completed 2 v-dif routes in Avon gorge on a lovely clear day. All will be added to the site soon. Oh and if you are off to LIVE 8 we will see you there. Can't wait! T.Bawn |
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31/05/05 Well summer is officially here with sunburn to prove it!!! A great session at the local water with a netfull of rainbow trout for the barbie and the trip to coombe martin was great if not a little windy on top the hill. The surfing in Croyde was great but was well and truly heaving with people so jetbiking from Ilfracombe was a nice break from the crowds. I can't say i'm going to miss scrappy(the dog) waking me up in the morning with a face licking but i am already missing the sea air. T.Bawn |
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23/05/05 You can now view Andy's climbing trip in Scotland fully by clicking here.The trip to the Gower coast on the weekend started off a bit wet but ended up being a classic surf session. We came across Caswell Bay for the first time and we were rewarded both days with some nice clean waves and a bit of sun on the sunday. More on Caswell Bay to come. T.Bawn |
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20/05/05 Our trip to Snowdonia has now been added to the site. Tryfan & the Glyders or The Snowdon Horseshoe. Two great routes to check out. T.Bawn Sunday 22nd May - The Horseshoe, Downend, Bristol We'll be on all night from 9pm - 11pm and its free to get in which is bargainous. Thursday 26th May - The Junction, Stokes Croft, Bristol DA SKYWALKERS - Household Name Records Swedish Punk sensation - Last ever UK Tour!! |
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18/05/05 You can now view the Ilfracombe jetbiking trip here. And there are a few pictures from the surfing trip to Woolacombe here. We are off to the Gower this weekend for a bit of surfing and a few tinnies. Drop me an email if you are interested. T.Bawn |
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16/05/05 A great weekend walking and scrambling in Snowdonia. Plenty of views, sun and scary ridges including the north face of Tryfan, Grib Goch and many more great peaks. Andy and Andy sure found the best routes to test my fear of heights! More to come on these trips soon. T.Bawn |
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09/05/05 A great weekend with plenty of sun and wind which was perfect for some kite flying and jetbiking. A classic moment with Stuart on the power kite which can be viewed on our clip of the month which is on the home page. A trip to Ilfracombe in Devon turned out to be a little choppy which was great for jumping waves but a nightmare to stay on the ringo's. Plenty of falls and bruises on sunday!! Great fun. |
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| On a personal note my mount Elbrus trip is almost sorted with just a few few bits and bob's to get. Although getting insurance was interesting because the government advise against traveling there. OOOPPSS!. Anyway this weekend we are off to north wales to spend a couple of days walking and camping in and around the mountains. Good training for me and also a get together of the Kilimanjaro group. And you can view the jetbiking in Ilfracombe from the previous week here. T.Bawn |
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03/05/05 Woolacombe was great on the weekend although the surf was a little small, still taking the jetbike around to Ilfracombe with the ringo was a top idea. Stu managed to chuck me on the ringo and the jetbike so i am no longer a high speed fall virgin!?!?! Slept through the thunder and lightening too! Just need time to recover from a little sunburn and ego (bloody winch!!!!) More to come in the week. T.Bawn |
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24/04/05 You can now view the long awaited river trip here. River Trip. I am off to Russia on June the10th to climb mount Elbrus the tallest mountain in Europe and Russia and one on the seven summits! I will keep you posted on how the trip goes and if you have been before I would love to hear your comments and advice. More to come soon and next weekend we are off to Newgale for some surfing and the usual so if you want to come drop me an email. T.Bawn |
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18/04/05 Our climbing trip to the Avon gorge and full story can now be viewed here. Avon Gorge. And a couple of pictures from Andy's ice climbing in Scotland can be viewed here. Ice climbing. More climbing in the week to come. T.Bawn |
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17/04/05 Avon gorge was the chosen destination for my first proper climb outdoors with tuition from Andy Caird. Although I felt safe with Andy's rope skills I was still aware of the big drops. And there was a slight fall which certainly got the heart pumping but all in all a great day climbing and a lot learnt on my behalf. The rain put a bit of a dampener on it, but gave Andy a chance to try out everything he knew lol. More about this trip in the week. T.Bawn |
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10/04/05 Weather turned out ok for a quick trip to Sugar Loaf. Nice bit of sun although a little windy!. T.Bawn Hello everyone, here is some info on the 3 gigs we have this week. Thursday 14th April, The Palace, Penel Orlieu, Bridgewater, Somerset, Time: 8pm. Entry: £6 on the door £5 in advance, Bands: No Comply - A Plymouth-based skacore outfit playing a knockout combination of skacore, punk and dub. The Get-Outs - Mod-punk 3-piece with a super-powered sound influenced by garage rock, mod, punk, surf and new wave. |
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Cupernicus - Melodic punk band, but also experiment with metal and reggae. Friday 15th April The Victoria, 88 Victoria Road, Swindon, Time: 9pm, Entry: £3. Bands: The Get-Outs - Mod, punk n roll 3-piece with a super-powered sound influenced by Elton John and Aswad. Sucka - Sucka are a fast paced three-piece punk band who exploded from the local scene of Aldershot. Saturday 16th April, Hobbits, 3 Richmond Street, Weston Super Mare, Time: 9pm, Entry: £3. Bands: Farcue - Punk rock Somerset style! We're going to have to pull something out of the bag to produce a memorable warm up for these guys! Sadly I shall only have a soggy towel!!! The Get-Outs - Thats us! influenced by Dirk Benedict from the a-team and battlestar galactica I hope you can make it out to see us on the road all three gigs are gonna be ace! Cheers Dave, Keith and Matt from the get-outs |
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04/04/05 On sunday we took a trip to Weston-Super-Mare for a bit of Jet biking with Stuart Long. This is the sport to try for all you adrenaline junkies. The speeds theses things do are incredible. To find out more about our little trip click on the link. Jet biking @ Weston. T.Bawn |
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30/03/05 Our little trip to Newgale can now be viewed here. Newgale March 2005.T.Bawn |
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28/03/05 A classic easter break at Newgale. The surf and weather didn't let us down and the locals put on quite a display out in the surf. At times we weren't getting in because is was to big for us to cope with!! But we managed a fair few sessions and spent many an hour sat around the barbie drinking and telling tales. The full trip will be added to the site in the week. Dave, Dawn, Vic, John, Rich & Tris. |
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21/03/05 Our little trip to Delta force can now be viewed here:- Delta Force trip. Easter trip is now only a couple of days away, Let us know if you are planning on coming.T.Bawn |
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20/03/05 Well we were surprised by little Ryan's first climbing session. The little man shot up the walls, although he came back down a little slower!! As for the paintballing on sunday, well all i can say is that we all have the bruises to prove it. A great day out and all will be written up in the week. T.Bawn |
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13/03/05 Climbing on saturday was a great laugh and was surprisingly quiet! To find out more on this session visit:- Bouldering session. After the weekends fun and games there is talk about the severn bore and the possibilities of surfing it in August. It was right up this weekend and always reminds us of the nagging need to surf it so if you are interested in being there in August drop us an email. T.Bawn |
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10/03/05 The trip last week has been added to the site which can be viewed here. Brecon trip. And the caving pics are finally back and can be viewed here. Goatchurch. Paintballing coming up on the 20th of march and the easter the following weekend. Lots happening in the coming weeks drop us an email if you want to get involved. T.Bawn |
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07/03/05 Well after last weeks trip to the black mountains it was to tempting for myself and John. So we took a trip to the Brecon Beacons which turned out to be a perfectly clear day. Plenty of people around including off roaders and a glider which was floating around Pen Y Fan. Will be written up in the week. T.Bawn |
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04/03/05 The trip last week has been added to the site which can be viewed here. Black mountains. Plenty going on this weekend with photo's to follow. T.Bawn |
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28/02/05 GIGS!!! Saturday 5th March, The Blackhorse, 372 Two Mile Hill Road, Kingswood, Bristol. We will be on from 9 til 11pm with a customary 15 min cider break at half time. It is free to get in so bring your dancin' shoes and lets have a party!!! Laters Dave, Keith and Matt from the get-outs |
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26/02/05 Myself, Andy and John took a trip to the black mountains today. Loads of snow which was mainly fresh so we had were making fresh tracks where ever we chose to go. Waun Fach and the surrounding peaks were great and would have been a great view if the cloud would have lifted. Still it was a great trip, great route and a great laugh. If you want snow hurry to the black mountains. T.Bawn |
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23/02/05 Looky here...Saturday 26th February, Riffs Bar, 26 Greatfield, Near Hook, Swindon. The Line Up: THE GET-OUTS - A blistering mod-punk onslaught, with jagged edges and bags of attitude. THE RETURN - Swindons finest rock n roll upstarts Doors Open: 8pm Door tax: £3 We will be onstage at 10pm to hit you hard with many db's of hard rock power. Take it steady. Dave, Keith and Matt from the get-outs Other gigs on there way to you include: Saturday 5th March at The Blackhorse, Kingswood, Saturday 19th March at The Wunderbar, Midsomer Norton. Saturday 26th March at The Porter Butt, Bath. |
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21/02/05 Easter trip has been sorted so if you fancy coming drop me an email. Should be a great weekend. To find out more about this trip click here. T.Bawn |
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20/02/05 Myself, Dave and John took a trip to the mendips in Somerset on the weekend. The scrambling was great and we also managed to get a couple of hours of caving in at Goatchurch a well know cave and a great laugh. Some great caving to be had in the mendips so more trips are already planned. More on the caving trip to come soon. T.Bawn |
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13/02/05 The safari pictures have finally been added to the site which can be viewed here or by going on the Hiking/mountaineering section. The climbing section has also been updated with our pics from the Bristol indoor climbing centre trip added on. The mountainboarding section has also been updated with some cool links. And the paintballing tickets are going fast so hurry if you want one! T.Bawn |
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11/02/05 Finally we have those paintballing tickets. We have booked Sunday the 20th of March with Delta Force at the Bristol site. Tickets cost £7 each and can be bought from myself either by giving me a call or by email. We only have 22 left at the minute so don't leave it too long. The first 100 paintball costs a tenner and from there on £5 per 100. A strange way of doing it but it works out cheaper overall by a fair bit. How much you spend on paintballs depends on how trigger happy you get! Will be a great day and hopefully some of the games will be filmed for the site. T.Bawn |
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09/02/05 Myself and Dave took a trip with Gareth to our local climbing centre today to get our passes. We are looking to make this a regular trip on a wednesday night so if you would like to join us drop us an email. We will show you the rope skills and help you get your pass so you can save a bit of money. Great centre and so many routes to choose from. More information on the centre coming on the climbing section. T.Bawn |
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07/02/05 Success on the river bank at last. A handful of nice roach and a cheap day too. For information on this little trip click here. Paintballing tickets will be on sale in the week @ £7 and the date will be decided aswell. Probably the second or third sunday in march. T.Bawn |
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04/02/05 The-get-outs are playing in the Croft on the 18th of Feb. See you all there for a bit of a rock. And some of the Kilimanjaro trip has been written up and can be viewed by clicking on the picture to the right. T.Bawn |
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01/02/05 The theme park section has just been added to. Water World and Camelot Theme Park. More information click here. T.Bawn |
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01/02/05 Hello. Back again and this time with Kilimanjaro in the bag. Although it was the toughest thing I have ever done. Amazing the amount of things that can happen to you on the ascent really. A full story of the trip will follow soon. Kilimanjaro blew my mind and was definitely a trip of a life time. T.Bawn |
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18/01/05 Bye. Back in early feb. T.Bawn |
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17/01/05 The wind picked up on the weekend and it was just to good an opportunity to turn down a session on the local field. Although we were flying by moonlight near the end. And when you have the cameras off Dave always goes down, and this time he even slid along in the mud. I will catch you one day Dave! |
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13/01/05 We are jetting off to Barcelona tomorrow as we are to play a couple of gigs in that fine city at the weekend but you need not fear... we'll soon be back in old blighty to rock you again!!! First up...Saturday 22nd January at The Kings Arms, Monmouth Place, Bath. Onstage from 9pm and its free to get in. Wednesday 26th January at The Horseshoe, Downend, Bristol. Support will be provided by the aceness that is STRIKE-EYE! After that we will be taking some time out in order to write some more tunes so I hope you can make it along to these gigz!
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13/01/05 the-get-outs are off to Barcelona this weekend to play some one off gigs. Very jealous we aren't going with them, what a place to play! But they will be back and have a few gigs lined up which will be added to this page soon. Not long now until I'm off to Kilimanjaro. All the tickets have arrived and I have almost packed everything ready. Anybody want to add anything else to this page please let me know before the 20th of Jan. I will write up the whole trip when I get back and those paintballing tickets will be up for sale as soon as I get back. T.Bawn |
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05/01/05 The mountain biking section has just been uploaded so if you would like to add anything drop us an email. We are looking for some links and bike shops to add on. To check it out click here. |
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03/01/04 The mountain biking section will be set up very shortly after a session in the local woods with John and his friends. Nutters! And another trip and another blank. Are there any cod in the bristol channel! |
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01/01/05 Happy new year to everyone who visits this site. Especially everybody who has sent us in pictures and information, and everybody who has had a part in keeping this site going. You know who you are. This year should be the best yet with so much planned including Kilimanjaro, paintballing, surfing, kitesurfing, NASS, whitewater rafting and much much more. |
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Check out what we got up to in 2004. |
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| T.Bawn |
