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Jurassic Coast WEEKEND

March 1 · 6:00 PM
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All spaces have now been sold. Please see the comments section at the end of this page for details of anyone selling their space on this trip (need to be of the same gender). The FAQ section below provides more details on this process of buying a space from someone:
http://www.outdooraholics.co.uk/pages/FAQ/

Treat yourself to a fabulous weekend on a truly stunning, diverse and surprisingly unspoilt section of the South Coast. We're heading down to Dorset to visit the Jurassic Coast UNESCO World Heritage site where we'll spend a day hiking and another day sightseeing with a shorter hike. We'll be staying very close to the rare and beautiful natural harbour of Lulworth Cove in the heart of the Jurassic Coast. An area I adore and with good reason - this will be my seventh visit to Lulworth and Tyneham in the last 15 years.

To see reviews and photos from our last trip, please click below:

http://www.outdooraholics.co.uk/events/54947712

Weekend Description

This is the perfect location for an action packed weekend. These are the highlights:

Exploring the "ghost village" of Tyneham - a remote village in a small coastal valley that dates back over 1000 years and was abandoned by its inhabitants during World War 2. It’s now an enchanting ruin with the school, church and several houses still standing in various states of decay.
Hiking along the coast where we'll walk the stunning chalk faced cliffs passing Worbarrow Bay, Lulworth Cove and the amazing limestone arch of Durdle Door.
Riding on a steam train to the coast.
Visiting the seaside resort town of Swanage.
A gentler walk on the Sunday to see the famous chalk formations of Harry's Rocks

We've secured the exclusive use of the Lulworth Cove hostel. The hostel is a purpose built timber building located in the village of West Lulworth, just off the coastal path and under a mile from Lulworth Cove and the coast.

ITINERARY

Friday 1st March

Head over to the hostel. We'll also be stopping for a brief snack at the motorway services en route.

Saturday 2nd March

Saturday's hike: Tyneham to Durdle Door

Distance: 8.5 miles (14 km)
Rating: Tough, 3 demanding hills, a good level of fitness required
Ascent: 700m

This is the main hiking day. We'll drive to the abandoned village of Tyneham where we'll start a diverse and stunning hike.

After exploring the remains of the “ghost town”, we’ll hike along the coast following a very hilly route. It'll be challenging and but we'll be richly rewarded with some great views culminating in the two highlights of Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. After the hike we'll then head onto a local pub for some food and drinks.

Sunday 3rd March

This is a day for a gentler hike and doing some sightseeing. In the morning we’ll drive to Corfe village, set nestling below Corfe Castle and take the steam train to Swanage where we’ll wander around the sea front with its beach and quaint shops. We’ll then head onto Harrys Rocks for a short 5 mile hike to see Harry's Rocks and the magnificent chalk cliffs giving great views along the coast

Cost and Payment

The cost of this trip is £89. To RSVP you'll need to pay a £20 deposit by Paypal with the remainder due by bank transfer before 6th January 2013. All payments are non-refundable unless the trip is cancelled or rescheduled. Once full payment has been received you may sell your space to a member of the same sex, however if you miss the final payment deadline or pull out of the trip before final payment is made your space will be lost and your deposit will not be refunded.

For details on making your final payment please see below:

http://www.outdooraholics.co.uk/pages/FAQ/

Food

Breakfast and packed lunches will be provided for Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Massage

We have Serena from Hands on Health coming to offer massage as an optional extra. For more information and how to book a massage with Serena please see:
http://www.outdooraholics.co.uk/pages/Serena_-_Massage_Therapist

Transport

To offer/request lift shares, please see the discussion board below:
http://www.outdooraholics.co.uk/messages/boards/thread/30692752

The price includes:

• 2 nights in single sex dormitory accommodation (4, 5 and 6 bed rooms)

• Continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday

• Packed lunches on Saturday and Sunday

• Two hikes by a trained guide (Walk Group Leader (MTE), Mountain Leader (MTE) and a qualified First Aider.

• Compliance with the 1992 Package Travel Regulations including Financial protection.

The price doesn’t include:

• Transport to the Jurassic coast and during the trip

• Evening meals, drinks and personal expenses

Safety

Your safety is very important to us and these walks are led by a very experienced and also trained hike guide - both Walk Group Leader(MTE), Mountain Leader (MTE) and qualified Outdoor Activity First Aider. We detail our hikes so you can see what you're signing up for, but in the rare cases where extreme weather dictates we may need to offer an alternative hike/activity for safety. Outdoor activities involve a risk of personal injury and you need to come equipped for the activity you've chosen to participate in.

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Serena :D

Wonderful views, great company, fab weather! Special thanks to the lovely ladies in "Corfe Castle" (Tiziana, Loida, Tina, Lauren, Michaela) for your patience and understanding and such great roommies. Of course thank you Graham for making it all happen. Old Harry Rocks!! :D

0 · March 12
Tracie

Unbelievable so much beauty right on your doorstep!

1 · March 6
A former member

Had a great time: lovely people, stunning scenery, good organisation!

1 · March 5
Evelini

What a scenery, what a great bunch of people, what a laugh :-)

1 · March 4
Sophie

Lovely place, Lovely people, Great weekend!

0 · March 4
Ayuko

Had a fab weekend. Thank you!

0 · March 4
Vincent

Loved it.

0 · March 4
Ken

Thanks a million, great weekend!

0 · March 4
Loida Delgado-Perez

Brilliant weekend guys. Awesome trip with beautiful people. Special thanks to Graham and Andy for organizing so much laughter :)

1 · March 4
Lauren

Another great weekend!

0 · March 4
Victoria

Nice hiking with some stunning views

0 · March 3
Catherine

Great weekend. Good walking, beautiful scenery, and I haven't laughed so much in ages. I want some of what Kate had!

1 · March 3
Kate

Thanks everyone for a great weekend and Graham for organising. Was brill! :-)

0 · March 3
Graham

Great to see some sun, what a great bunch of people. Hope to see you all again soon!

0 · March 3
Danny Winbourne

Fantastic

0 · March 3

31 attended

Graham

Hike Leader, Organizer

Event Host
Tina
Marouen
Anthony J.
Oliver
Julia
Nicola
Silvia
Jane
babs
Catherine
Serena :D
Tracie

The snow Princess
Evelini
Ayuko
Amy
Vincent
Michaela
Andy
Loida Delgado-Perez
Rohan
Lauren
Victoria
Chris wheatley
Tiziana
Kate
connie
Sophie
Helena Pudilova
Danny Winbourne
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Who we are

One of the most active hiking groups in London, we're a fun loving, adventurous and sociable multinational hiking group based in London offering hiking and walking day trips, weekends away hiking and longer trips to destinations both in the UK and all over the world. We're mainly in our late 20s to early 40s or at least young at heart and we generally either live or work in or around London. We discover and explore picturesque and stunning landscapes and rural trails hiking around the British Isles, all easily accessible from London.

We organise all the logistics for our hiking trips, tell you what you need to bring, where to be and we just ask you to turn up and bring a smile :-)

What we do

Mainly a lot of day and weekend hiking adventure trips around the UK. Our day hikes and weekend walks are well planned and easily accessible by train from London and we either arrange train tickets or minibus/coach hire as best suited so you can just turn up with your backpack and enjoy a fabulous hiking trip in the outdoors, trekking with like minded people.

Why we do it

Outdooraholics was started by Graham - a very keen hiker and outdoors lover with a lifetime of hiking experience. Outdooraholics was started to share his experience, love, enthusiasm and passion for hiking in the great British Countryside with others but before starting this he'd been involved with and run day and weekend hiking trips for a number of other established groups from his University Expedition society to an inter varsity (graduate) club through to even national charities like Rotaract. He now has a very active hobby of sharing this passion with others through a large range of fun, exciting and sometimes challenging hiking trips.

To keep up with demand for hiking trips, we have a number of similarly enthusiastic people involved with the group. To find out more about the main Outdooraholics hiking crew, please visit the link below:
http://www.meetup.com/Outdooraholics/pages/Meet_the_organisers/

Why hike in a group?

Apart from the obvious increasing your fitness and a great way to make new friends if you're new in town, one of our regular members has answered this with a brilliant article below:

http://www.moretime4play.com/articles/the-top-10-benefits-of-spending-time-in-nature

Waiting lists

We get a large proportion of people coming back for repeat trips with us and sadly despite the number of hiking trips (usually at least one a week), a lot do fill up quickly and develop waiting lists. If you'd like to come hiking with us please do join the waiting list and for future trips, signing up early when the trip is announced is highly advisable.

Safety

Our main hike leader has undertaken both a four day Walk Group Leader course accredited by the MLT (Mountain Leader Training) and a six day Mountain Leader course (also accredited by the MLT) as well as having a two day outdoor Activity First Aid course and over 20 years of extensive and diverse hiking and leading experience. Sadly the outdoors always presents risks but through our experience, training and careful planning we do our best to minimise those.

Further information on our hiking trips?

You can email Graham at: outdooraholics@gmail.com

Or you can follow us and our hiking adventures on the following social media sites:

http://www.facebook.com/outdooraholicslondon

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/outdooraholics

We sincerely look forward to meeting you at one of our weekend or hiking day trip adventures soon and can ensure a warm welcome to you ramblers out there

Other trips we arrange:

As well as trekking and walking day trips near London and hiking trips we also organise more occasional activities through Meetup, more of which will be entering the calendar this year such as:

Sky diving, kayaking, coasteering, camping, canoeing, pot holing, yoga breaks, fitness weekends, SCUBA, travel, sightseeing, travelling abroad, rock climbing, skydiving, cycling, trekking, backpacking, yoga and tours, holiday getaway breaks, adventure weekends, sailing, coast walking, caving, hiking abroad, rock climbing, countryside conservation, the 3 (three) peaks challenge, walking and abseiling, exercise and activity weekends for hikers, recreation weekends, gorge walking, navigation courses, culture trips

The fun places we visit and travel to on our walking trips in the UK include:
South Downs, North Downs, Devon, Cornwall, The Lake District, Wales - Snowdonia, the Gower and the Brecon Beacons, Dartmoor, the Peak District, the Chilterns, Isle of Wight, Kent Downs, Surrey Hills, the Cotswolds, Dorset, the Lake District, the Yorkshire dales and moors and on up to Scotland.

We also arrange foreign walking trips to hike to places such as:
High Atlas mountains, the Pyrenees, the Dolomites, Granada Mountains, Nepal, Goa, Kilimanjaro, Andalucia and as the group grows we will continue to offer many more too!

Sadly we do tend to focus on the outdoor events but we can recommend the following Meetup group which is run by a good friend of ours and they organise a wide variety of social activities in London:

http://www.meetup.com/friends-in-london

Friend in London organise:
Pub crawls, social events, sightseeing, making new friends, dining adventure, new in town drinks, food and cooking related events, exploring London's night life, social drinks

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