Creating Your Own Reality

**TRIP FULL** We've now added our Albania kayaking date for 2027: [https://www.meetup.com/outdooraholics/events/314674209](https://www.meetup.com/outdooraholics/events/314674209) If it's this year you're keen on, our next overseas trip with spaces is in September: [https://www.meetup.com/outdooraholics/events/312165967](https://www.meetup.com/outdooraholics/events/312165967) Swap Croatia’s crowds for **Albania’s wild Riviera** on a long weekend of sea kayaking, coastal hiking and beach time. Paddle to **sea caves and hidden coves**, glide along clear Ionian waters, and land on **Gjipe Bay’s canyon-backed beach** – one of the coast’s most dramatic spots. Hike the **White Trail** to remote **San Andreas Bay** for a swim in Ionian-blue water. Evenings are for sundowners and seafood in lively **Dhërmi** with it's beach bars, and the trip finishes with a night in **Tirana** to explore its cafés, squares and nightlife before flying home. 📏 **Key Info** • 🌙 **Nights:** 3 (Fri–Mon) • 💷 **Cost:** £427 • 🥾 **Difficulty:** **[Beginner/Intermediate](https://outdooraholics.co.uk/HikeGradings.pdf)** 3–4 hrs hiking • 🛶 **Activities:** Sea kayaking, coastal hiking • 🛌 **Room Type:** Hotels - Twin ensuite • 🚐 **Transport:** Private minibus + speedboat transfer • 🍽️ **Meals Included:** All Breakfasts + 2 picnic lunches • ✈️ **Start & End City:** Tirana • 🚐 **Airport Transfer:** Group transfer included for suggested flights 🌟 **Trip** **Highlights** • Stay on the **Albanian Riviera** **coast** at *Sofo Hotel*, Dhërmi **([LINK](https://maps.app.goo.gl/cbb9nD3BNTZZL4hLA))** • **Kayak along the coast** to hidden bays and **Gjipe Canyon** and swim in dazzling blue waters • Hike the **White Trail** from Palasë River Delta to **San Andreas Bay** with panoramic sea and cliff views • Enjoy a **private speedboat ride** back along the coast after the hike • Spend a night in central **Tirana**, staying at *Vila e Arte Hotel* **([LINK](https://maps.app.goo.gl/5yD295wAzmCYXXdXA))**, a great central base to explore the capital • **Private minibus transport** for our group throughout the trip • Small group – **limited to 18**, with an **English-speaking local Albanian guide** • Option to try extra watersports: **SUP, windsurfing, waterskiing** (subject to conditions & availability) 🌅 **Trip Description** Nestled between the **turquoise waters of Italy and northern Greece**, and sharing the same dramatic coastline as Croatia, Albania remains **one of Europe’s last undiscovered gems** – think Croatia many years ago. With **pebble and sandy Mediterranean beaches**, **rugged mountains**, sea cliffs and **hidden caves**, it offers a remarkably diverse and tranquil natural escape. On this trip you don’t need to choose between a mountain adventure or a beach holiday – **this coastline gives you both**. We kayak beneath **towering coastal peaks** through **crystal-clear waters** to the **stunning Gjipe Bay canyon**, and we also enjoy a **scenic coastal hike along the White Trail**. There’s a balance of structured activity and free time. Relax under the **Albanian sun**, try watersports, or explore at your own pace. In the evenings, the beach bars, restaurants and music give the area a **fun holiday atmosphere**. 🛏️ **Accommodation & Transport** • **Dhërmi (2 nights)** – Twin bedded en-suite rooms at *Sofo Hotel* **([LINK](https://maps.app.goo.gl/cbb9nD3BNTZZL4hLA))**, located near the beach • **Tirana (1 night)** – Twin bedded en-suite rooms at *Vila e Arte Hotel* **([LINK](https://maps.app.goo.gl/5yD295wAzmCYXXdXA))**, a central base for exploring the capital • **Transport**: Private group minibus: Tirana Airport → Dhërmi → Tirana Private speedboat transfer back along the coast after the San Andreas hike 📅 **Itinerary** **Friday – Arrival & Transfer to the Coast** Arrive at Tirana Airport and transfer by private minibus several hours to the Dhërmi coastline, where we check into our hotel and enjoy our first evening on the coast. The beach here is famous for its crystal-clear waters and blue sea, with bars and restaurants right by the water, perfect for a first swim and sunset drink. **Saturday – Sea Kayaking to Gjipe Bay & Beach Time** We set off by kayak along the coast to one of the most beautiful spots on the Albanian Riviera – **Gjipe Bay and its canyon**. Here (tide and sea conditions permitting) we may explore the **Pirates’ Cave** from the inside, a cave once used as shelter by pirates. The Gjipe Canyon gives off a hint of a mini Grand Canyon with its steep red walls dropping dramatically to the beach. **Afternoon (optional activities):** We return to the main beach in Dhërmi where you can choose from: • Stand-up paddleboarding (SUP)\* • Windsurfing\* • Water-skiing\* • Or simply relax on the beach with a swim or a drink \*All extra activities are optional, paid locally and are subject to sea conditions and availability. Evening free for dinner at local restaurants and to enjoy the lively beach bars if you wish. **Sunday – Coastal Hike & Tirana** Hike: Palasë’s River Delta – Bay of San Andreas • Distance: 9km (6 miles) • Grading: **[Beginner/Intermediate](https://outdooraholics.co.uk/HikeGradings.pdf)** • Ascent: 240m • Hiking time: 2.5 – 3.5 hours This morning we start from the delta of **Palasë Beach**, where white pebbles meet turquoise sea – a classic postcard scene. From there we follow the **White Trail** along cliffs, woodland and open coastal paths, with the clear Ionian Sea visible for much of the route. We reach beautiful **San Andreas Bay**, where we have time to enjoy the beach and swim before being collected by a **private speedboat** for the ride back along the coast – a spectacular finale to the hike. In the late afternoon/early evening, we transfer by minibus to Tirana and check into our hotel. Our guide departs here, marking the end of the guided portion of the trip. The evening is then yours to explore the capital and its nightlife at your own pace. **Monday – Tirana & Departure** After breakfast in Tirana you’re welcome to: • Head to the airport (bus or taxi options available), or • Extend your stay in Tirana to explore its museums, cafés and streets. 🍽️ **Food** The local cuisine is Mediterranean with strong **Italian, Greek and Turkish influences**. Fresh seafood, grilled meats, salads, and local dishes feature heavily. **Dietary requirements:** • Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free food can be catered for • Some requirements (e.g. **nut-free**) **cannot** be catered for • We **must** be aware of all dietary needs **before booking** – please email us first to confirm if your requirements can be accommodated: **info@outdooraholics.co.uk** Breakfast is provided each day, and 2 picnic lunches are included (Saturday & Sunday). Dinners are taken at local restaurants, giving you the flexibility to choose what you’d like to eat and how much you spend. 💷 **Cost & Booking** • **£427** **How to book:** • Click **“Attend”** and pay a **£100 deposit** by PayPal to secure your space • Remainder due **within 7 days** by bank transfer - we'll email details • Payment details are emailed **1 week before** the balance deadline **Payment terms:** • Payments are non-refundable and non-transferable • When the trip is sold out, fully paid spaces may be advertised to the same gender (see **[FAQ](https://outdooraholics.co.uk/FAQ.pdf)** for details) ✅ **Price Includes** • 2 nights’ accommodation in twin en-suite hotel rooms in Dhërmi • 1 night accommodation in twin en-suite hotel rooms in Tirana • Breakfast daily • 2 picnic lunches • Boat ride from San Andreas Bay • Kayaking: instruction, kayak & kit hire • Private minibus throughout • Complimentary fixed time airport transfer • Local English speaking guide • Compliance with the 2018 Package Travel Regulations, including financial protection ❌ **Price Excludes** • Flights, dinners • Local airport bus on the last day (approx £4) ✈️ **Flights, Start & End Times** All times below are **local Albanian time**. **Arrival – Friday (Tirana Airport → Dhërmi)** For anyone arriving on one of the **suggested flights** below or already at the airport – we offer a **complimentary group transfer** to the coast, departing **12:10pm** from Tirana Airport. We will wait up to 3 hours for delays on the listed flights below only. **Inbound flights – 05.06.2026** • **Wizz Air** flight: **W95002** 05:00 from **London Luton (LTN)** → **Tirana (TIA)** landing **09:05** • **Ryanair** flight: **FR8101** 07:10 from **London Stansted (STN)** → **Tirana (TIA)** landing **11:05** • **British Airways** flight: **BA380** 07:30 from **London Heathrow (LHR)** → **Tirana (TIA)** landing **11:35** If you arrive later or on a different flight, you’ll need to make your own way to the accommodation on the coast. Flights are not part of the package. You are responsible for reaching the meeting point, even if your flight is delayed or changed. Please ensure your travel insurance covers travel disruption. **Return – Monday** The trip ends after breakfast in Tirana, you may: • Take the bus or a taxi to Tirana Airport • Stay longer in Tirana 🛡️ **Insurance & Entry Requirements** It is **essential** that you have **travel insurance** which covers: • Emergency medical treatment • Kayaking (Level 1) and hiking • Cancellation and curtailment • Travel disruption (e.g. if you cannot reach the start of the trip due to delayed or cancelled flights) You will be required to provide a copy of your insurance policy. Without valid insurance, we cannot accept you onto the trip and no refund will be due in this case. Outdooraholics cannot verify what any policy covers – you must confirm this directly with your insurer. The guide accepting your policy details is not confirmation that it is valid or adequate. **Entry requirements:** • Valid travel documents for Albania, including a passport and visa if required • Albania is **not** in the EU – please check entry rules for your nationality ❓ **Want to Know More?** • 🔍 [New to Our Overseas Trips?](https://outdooraholics.co.uk/new_to_our_overseas_trips.pdf) – Perfect for first-timers, answers “what to expect” • 🏢 [About Us](https://outdooraholics.co.uk/about_us.pdf) – Who Outdooraholics are, credibility & history • ❓ [FAQs](https://outdooraholics.co.uk/FAQ.pdf) – Answers to the most common queries 🔗 **Explore More & Stay Connected** [Foreign trips list](https://outdooraholics.co.uk/foreigntriplist.pdf) 👣 [Calendar - All trips](https://www.meetup.com/outdooraholics/events/calendar/) 📖 [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/outdooraholics/) 📸 ⚠️ **Safety** Your guide is a trained hike leader and kayak instructor. Outdoor activities carry risk. Please bring suitable hiking footwear and clothing. See: **[Clothing tips](https://www.londonhiking.co.uk/Equipment.pdf)**. **📄 [Terms and Conditions](https://outdooraholics.co.uk/TermsConditions.pdf)** By signing up or attending you agree to these © Outdooraholics Hiking UK Ltd 2026 E & OE

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Attend a free seminar on how to have successful and lasting relationships. At this seminar you will learn: How to spot and handle negative and toxic relationships. How to get through the "rough patches" in a relationship. How to choose the right people to work with. The three things that make or break any relationship. How to make a good relationship great. All are welcome. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. Hosted by the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

We’re still working to get more people into these Meetups, but our goal is to give PlayYourCourt members a few social tennis outings each week in addition to your practice sessions and Challenge League matches. These Meetups are co-ed, super laid back, and all skill levels are welcome. Post your skill level and a suggested court in the comments section so we can round up as many players as we can for some tennis fun! Also, if you’re looking to meet new practice partners or play some matches and you aren’t already in the PlayYourCourt Community, you can go here to see what we’re all about and sign up: https://www.playyourcourt.com/tennis-community/columbus-oh/meetup/ If you love tennis, we’d love to have you! Be sure and watch the quick video that explains how everything works. Happy hitting! - Scott

This is an in-person meeting. Did you know that unwanted emotions like loneliness, sadness, hopelessness, anger, fear, anxiety, or feelings of irritation don’t just fall on you for no reason. They are not random occurrences that simply happen to people's minds. They are definitely not chemical imbalance in your brain due to some nebulous chemical reactions by chance. Your negative emotions are the symptoms of the painful experiences that you have which are not healed, and which are still affecting you. The effects of these painful experiences are exacerbated by the pressures or difficulties of the other problems in your life. For instance, let's say you are already carrying a huge load on your back, then you cannot take on much more, but, let's say something else happens to you, such as the difficulties from the Pandemic, then the resultant combined weight on you can take you over the edge, kind of like the straw that break the camel's back. When this happens, people's attention usually goes to the straw that was added, but actually the majority of the weight had come from the huge load that were already there, holding a person down and causing a person issues. So how do you remove the huge load that was already there? How do you lighten them up? Is it possible to get rid of them? That is what this meeting will be all about. Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This group is created by the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

It’s time to take control of your mental health. How do you get rid of stress, anxiety and uncertainty? These emotions are buried deep in your reactive mind. Find out what the reactive mind is, and in the process find yourself. Have you ever suffered from a traumatic experience, a deep loss or been through a painful breakup? Has your ability to communicate suffered as a result? And after that, even though you "moved on" did you find that things were never quite the same? Have you ever looked at childhood photos, or reminisced your early life and wondered where that happiness and spark went? Are your emotions out of your own control? Have you ever felt, even if you aren’t aware of it, that possibly you are getting in your own way of your happiness and success? How does this affect your self-confidence? Find out what is at the root of all stress, anxiety, depression and self-doubt. Find out how and why you hold yourself back from achieving your goals and having the life you have dreamed of. As soon as you learn what is at the root of these unwanted conditions, you’ll see it is something you can DO something about. You will not be labeled or categorized at this MeetUp.

This is a free in-person meeting. Let's talk about relationships in such a way that you can really benefit from the knowledge. We can talk about * Soulmates * How to start a relationship * How to maintain a relationship * How to pick the right partner * How to recognize the red flags * How to improve communication * How to avoid argument and fights * How to increase trust You ask the questions, we'll talk about them. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This group is sponsored the Dianetics & Scientology Self-Improvement Center.

Mental Health, how do you understand it? How can you improve it? How do you get rid of stress, anxiety and uncertainty? These emotions are buried deep in your reactive mind. Find out what the reactive mind is, and in the process find yourself. Have you ever suffered from a traumatic experience, a deep loss or been through a painful breakup? Has your ability to communicate suffered as a result? And after that, even though you "moved on" did you find that things were never quite the same? Have you ever looked at childhood photos, or reminisced your early life and wondered where that happiness and spark went? Are your emotions out of your own control? Have you ever felt, even if you aren’t aware of it, that possibly you are getting in your own way of your happiness and success? How does this affect your self-confidence? Find out what is at the root of all stress, anxiety, depression and self-doubt. Find out how and why you hold yourself back from achieving your goals and having the life you have dreamed of. As soon as you learn what is at the root of these unwanted conditions, you’ll see it is something you can DO something about. You will not be labeled or categorized at this MeetUp. This group is hosted by the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

This is a free, in-person meeting on the subject of betrayals, losses and how to get over them so you can build lasting relationships. Burdened by a stressful relationship? Unhealthy relationships can trigger feelings of anger, despair or self-doubt. They can create dwindling spirals of fights and seeking to make-up, or trying to “pin the blame” on someone or something. If you don’t find the RIGHT reasons, or select the correct sources of the problem, the problem can just get worse and worse. Whether in love or personal ties, with friends or at work, our life really IS affected by the quality of our relationships. Good ones can promote pleasure and survival while less optimum ones can lead to annoyance, anger, self-doubt, stress, or even affect our health and ability to survive well. Whether you are suffering from a divorce, or a painful break-up, don’t know who to trust (or who to CHOOSE) as a partner, friend, boss or employee - the anxiety of relationship troubles can really make a mess of things. Maybe you’ve suffered a betrayal, or are dealing with hostility or criticalness or invalidation. Dwindling relationships can involve destructive behavior, where we hurt those we love, or start succumbing to self-destructive thoughts, attitudes or behaviors that spiral out of control and affect much more than our immediate relationship. Past losses in love or life can affect how we act or react to new people and situations and hold us back from even starting to create new, possibly great relationships! How can one get back onto a saner course of action? Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life: human relationships! Break free from self imposed limitations Here we will discuss: • How to “erase” the trauma of past hurts and betrayals so that one isn’t always repeating past mistakes. • Why and how do the negative emotions of others affect you? • Why is my partner withdrawing and what can I do about it? • Why do we sometimes feel compelled to hurt the ones we love? • Fights & arguments - what's really behind them? • What underlies “corrosive criticism” or the need to invalidate self or others? • How one can stably change one’s outlook on life so they can affect positive change? • Where do compulsive destructive behaviors come from and what can be done about them? • How to form closer bonds & keep growing the relationships with the people you care about? • How to enhance one’s own ability to survive and create positive healthy relationships whether in love, family & friendships or in work, business or one’s career? Relationships can be hard and life itself IS challenging. Why not arm yourself with the knowledge and breakthroughs that have been made about the mind, mental reactions & interpersonal relationships, so that one has better awareness and control over themselves and life in general. Learn where painful experiences are “stored” and how they can unknowingly affect us. You will also find out how one can “erase” those past painful experiences so that one is free to move forward without being tripped up by the past. Learn too, about what can lead some people to become “toxic” personalities and how to identify those traits in others so you won’t be tripped up trusting the wrong person. Our free Meet-ups occur in a safe environment where one can learn, without fear of judgment or criticism, and without the recommendation of harmful mental techniques or therapies, just how YOU can get yourself onto a happier & more successful path: in love & in life. We look forward to having you join us! This class is sponsored by the Dianetics & Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.