Top 10 Outdoor Brands 2012

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17
Feb

We asked our customers their favourite outdoor brands 

Wanderlust magazine brings the readers travel awards each year and especially interesting to us is the top ten outdoor brands category. A favourite outdoor brand generally comes with the type of outdoor activity you undertake, it’s difficult to not feel some loyalty toward a brand when you find a piece of kit that covers all the bases you need. So below we’ll talk about the Wanderlust top 10, and our own top 10 after asking GO outdoors customers their favourites.

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Book Outdoor Activities – GO Activities

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8
Feb

Learn more about our new outdoor activity booking website

GO Outdoors have been urging the UK to get outdoors for years now, giving you the gear you need at an accessible price. In 2011 we began to branch into booking outdoor activities, now not only can you buy the gear, but you can plan an outdoor holiday with us too. With this in mind GO Activities was launched, find out more in this video.. Read more …

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New GO Outdoors Lorries

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31
Jan

Keep an eye out on the roads for visions of the UK’s national Parks GO Outdoors

To help get all the outdoor goods to our stores we’ve enlisted and dressed up a few lorries to do all the hard work. Why not keep an eye out when you’re out on the road for a lorry that looks a little something like this.. Read more …

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Time for a Re-Boot?

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26
Jan

Keep your feet dry through wetter months with waterproof boots 

On a day in the hills, your boots have a tough task: providing support when it’s rocky, grip when it’s slippery and waterproofing when it’s wet. At this time of year even if it’s dry overhead it might not be underfoot, so be sure to treat your feet to a boot that’s up to the task. Read more …

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UK Woman first to Cross Antarctica Solo

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24
Jan

Felicity Aston gets her name in the record books

The hay day of exploration may be long gone, there doesn’t seem to be many ‘firsts’ left to grab on the surface of things. That didn’t stop Felicity Aston who has become the first female to cross the content of Antarctica alone. The record came in late on Sunday with her support team tweeting about just how proud they were of the achievement. Read more …

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Ever thought of Wild Camping?

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12
Jan

We take a look into camping off the beaten track. 

It’s a new year and one of our themes for 2012 is ‘Give it a GO’ where we want you to try your hand at a different outdoor activity. In this blog we’re going to take a look into the subject of wild camping and backpacking in the UK. While pitching a tent off the beaten path may sound like an easy task, there are some rules you will need to follow so as not to get into trouble. Read more …

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Top Celebrity Camping Companions

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5
Jan

Which famous person would you take camping with you? 

In honour of the announcement that the Duchess of Cambridge would become a volunteer with the scouts, we decided to take to twitter and Facebook to ask our customers which famous people they would most like to take on a camping trip and why. Can you guess who the favourite was? Read more …

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New Years Resolutions

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5
Jan

Happy New Year from all of us at GO Outdoors.

It’s that time of year where the Gym starts to fill up, the salads fly off the shelves in the supermarkets and the most people try to give up smoking. What was your new years resolution for 2012? We took to Facebook and Twitter to ask our customers if they had made a resolution to try out some new activities in 2012 and we were thrilled with the response. Read more …

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Merry Christmas from GO Outdoors

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23
Dec

Everyone at GO Outdoors HQ would like to wish all our customers a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2012.

Thanks to you we saw great growth in 2012 opening a plethora of new stores which have gone down really well in their local towns.

We hope for much more in 2012 and plan to open even more stores in the new year, while continuing to improve your experience with us, both online and in store. Enjoy the festive period and don’t forget….Our Sale starts on Christmas day online and Boxing day in store!

Thank you, Merry Christmas!

- The GO Outdoors Team.

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Heli-biking for our newest staff member

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6
Dec

Take the strain out of uphill cycling…with a helicopter. 

What were you doing around the end of November? Our new Cycling buyer Mike Sanderson was out in New Zealand taking helicopters into the hills and cycling back down. Seems like fun, right? Mike is an avid biker and always looking for the next thrill on two wheels, he recently passed through an article written by travel writer Jeff Kavanagh, who wrote up their experience in New Zealand last month. Read more …

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