Latest News & Stuff
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The Summer Party
1st July 2023, No Charge. Tamesis Dock Boat, London Fancy a cheeky half? It’s about time we had a party… that bloomin virus got in the way for a bit, but this year we’re up for a big one! It doesn’t matter if you have even ever been on one of our trips before –…
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Ski / Snowboard Packing List
If you have never been away on a ski / snowboard trip before – it’s quite understandable that you might be a little confused about what you should be taking with you. The whole thing can be a little overwhelming. The first thing you need to know is that (unless you’re going to some poncey…
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Wrist guard or no wrist guard?
We get asked this loads by beginner snowboarders. There is a debate out there and there is truth on both sides of the discussion but from our own experience the most common snowboard injury is a damaged wrist… People do say that if you wear a wrist guard then the injury sustained is more likely…
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Hallowe’en surf trip 2022
We had a blast. In the end there were 27 of us staying at Retorrick Mill. The weather was a real mixed bag. Saturday morning the waves were a bit sketchy and the current was insane, but a few of us went in in the afternoon also and found some good ones, while the others…
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Trip to the Steam Rally?!
It’s not normally top of our activity list – we try to do active, exciting and sometimes ‘extreme’ things… but, we went on one of our regular surf weekends to Mawgan Porth last weekend and it turns out THE thing going on locally was The Annual Mawgan Porth Steam Rally… we had to go. There…
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A weekend hot air ballooning?!
As an active kind of company we try and get involved in all kinds of things and will never turn up our nose at doing something a little out of the ordinary…. so when long time pal of the HOFNAR experience Laurence Wigfield asked us to help crew his hot air balloon – we leapt…
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Can Brits still do a ski season in France?
Yes. But it’s not as easy as it used to be. Supposedly there will be a reciprocal temporary worker agreement between the UK and France, but when? Who knows.. the rumour is that nothing will be changed until the Irish border situation is resolved…. so don’t hold your breath! As a British passport holder you…
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Llangollen in August
For this trip we went a little bit luxury and stayed in hotel!! Oooh! We stayed at The Hand hotel, right in the centre of town. It’s a little bit beaten up around the ages, but the rooms were clean and a full fry up each morning was definitely welcome!! We had a small crew…
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The Bikini Run
Strewth! This thing is growing in popularity. This was the 6th time that Avoriaz saw so many people do the famous ‘Star Wars’ run in the near-buff. This picture above is for attention only… next year there maybe that many. I think they are thinking the end of March again. We even saw our American…