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Gay Outdoor Club
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The activity & social club for everyone in the LGBTQ+ community, across Great Britain #LGBToutdoors #OutdoorsForAll #DiversityOutdoors 🏳️‍🌈 Website https://www.goc.org.uk/ Posts by @martingilbraith.com
Thank you Colors Sitges Link for warmly welcoming our 48 members to Sitges this week, for a second year, to enjoy outdoor activities including a variety of coastal and inland hikes, CSL's #LGBTQ+ Rainbow history tour and other sightseeing tours - and outdoor dining too! #LGBToutdoors
October 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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For today's recce of next week's walk from Bruguers to Garraf with the @goc.org.uk in Sitges, blue skies, sunshine and just a gentle breeze - let's hope it stays that way! #LGBToutdoors
October 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Enjoyed a beautiful day to recce the Ermita de la Trinita circular walk that we'll be doing, among others, with 50 members of the @goc.org.uk visiting Sitges in a couple of weeks time - a beautiful route with fabulous views! #LGBToutdoors
October 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Thanks Andy & all of the @goc.org.uk London group for a lovely 9 mile walk today in Kent, from Borough Green to Sevenoaks via Ightham Mote and Knole Park #LGBToutdoors
September 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Thanks Al & all for a glorious coastal walk on the Dale peninsula today, notwithstanding the odd icy shower, part of the @goc.org.uk all Wales weekend in Pembrokeshire #lgbtoutdoors
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Could YOU be our next Chair? GOC is the oldest and largest outdoors club in the UK for everyone in the LGBTQI+ community, founded in 1974. It is an exciting time to join us - please take a look and respond by the extended deadline of Sunday 21 September! #LGBToutdoors www.goc.org.uk/could-you-be...
Could YOU be our next Chair? - Gay Outdoor Club
Could YOU be our next Chair? The Gay Outdoor Club is the oldest and largest outdoors club in the UK for everyone in the LGBTQI+ community, founded in 1974 – see About us. We have over 2,000 members in...
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August 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Thanks to James and all of the @goc.org.uk Western Midlands group for this and yesterday's delightful walk from Barton Marina in the Trent valley #LGBToutdoors
August 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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From the new interim Chair – an appeal and an opportunity! #LGBToutdoors
Could YOU be our next Chair?

The Gay Outdoor Club is the oldest and largest outdoors club in the UK for everyone in the LGBTQI+ community, founded in 1974. It is an exciting time to join us - please take a look and respond by Monday 1 September! #LGBToutdoors

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Could YOU be our next Chair? - Gay Outdoor Club
Could YOU be our next Chair? The Gay Outdoor Club is the oldest and largest outdoors club in the UK for everyone in the LGBTQI+ community, founded in 1974 – see About us. It is an exciting time to joi...
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July 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Could YOU be our next Chair?

The Gay Outdoor Club is the oldest and largest outdoors club in the UK for everyone in the LGBTQI+ community, founded in 1974. It is an exciting time to join us - please take a look and respond by Monday 1 September! #LGBToutdoors

www.goc.org.uk/could-you-be...
Could YOU be our next Chair? - Gay Outdoor Club
Could YOU be our next Chair? The Gay Outdoor Club is the oldest and largest outdoors club in the UK for everyone in the LGBTQI+ community, founded in 1974 – see About us. It is an exciting time to joi...
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July 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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On the last morning of this year's @goc.org.uk Annual Outdoor Gathering, a short and leisurely walking tour of Lancaster #LGBToutdoors
July 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Thanks Robert & all for a lovely 10 mile circular walk today in the Forest of Bowland, from Dolphinholme to Abbeystead and back, the second for us of this year's Annual Outdoor Gathering of the @goc.org.uk in Lancaster #LGBToutdoors
July 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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For our first full day's walk of this years @goc.org.uk Annual Outdoor Gathering in Lancaster yesterday, we followed a spectacular 11 mile circular route in the Yorkshire Dales from Ingleton Falls to Yordas Cave and back - thanks Peter & Phil and everyone for a fabulous day! #LGBToutdoors
July 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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We were luckier with the weather on our second walk of the @goc.org.uk Western Midlands weekend in Aberystwyth today, at the national forest of Bwlch Nant yr Arian - the rain kept off until just after we had finished, and then the skies opened #LGBToutdoors
June 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Thanks Martin and all of the @goc.org.uk Western Midlands group (including all the other Martins!) for a lovely coastal hike north from Aberystwyth to Borth, warm drizzle notwithstanding - preferable to yesterday's heatwave! #LGBToutdoors
June 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This group has done this walk from Cilgerran a few times before, but it is always worth repeating as it is a really lovely, feel good walk #LGBToutdoors www.goc.org.uk/reports/cilg...
Cilgerran to Wildlife centre - Gay Outdoor Club
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June 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The first place we visited was the Laburnum Arch, which was in full bloom and looked magnificent #lgbtoutdoors 🏳️‍🌈 www.goc.org.uk/reports/bodn...
Bodnant Garden - 25th May 2025 - Gay Outdoor Club
The afternoon started by parking up in the car park at 2pm and was shown by the car parking attendees where to park, which there was no problem and very well-organised. I then headed to the Visitor Ce...
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May 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Five members enjoyed the climbing and the views in the Quantocks, West Somerset on a seven-mile walk in perfect walking weather #lgbtoutdoors 🏳️‍🌈 www.goc.org.uk/reports/ramb...
Rambling Hawkridge, West Somerset, 27th April 2025 - Gay Outdoor Club
Five members enjoyed the climbing and the views in the Quantocks, West Somerset on a seven-mile walk in perfect walking weather. It was a lovely outing on mostly rough paths going steeply up and steep...
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April 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
With the threat of inclement weather 7 of us set out for a gentle wander around this interesting combined villages #LGBToutdoors 🏳️‍🌈 www.goc.org.uk/reports/brig...
BRIGHTWELL CUM SOTWELL - WED 16TH APRIL 25 - Gay Outdoor Club
Hi Gang, With the threat of inclement weather 7 of us set out for a gentle wander around this interesting combined villages. The weather stayed bright and warm as we explored old thatched timber frame...
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April 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Six members enjoyed visiting lovely Bruton in glorious sunshine #LGBToutdoors 🏳️‍🌈 www.goc.org.uk/reports/stro...
Strolling Bruton, 11th April 2025 - Gay Outdoor Club
Six members enjoyed visiting lovely Bruton in glorious sunshine, first walking to examine the ancient dovecot, up the town to check the mill stream, then a little break "At the Chapel" on the High Str...
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April 15, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Thanks Simon & all for a lovely if chilly and slightly gloomy walk today as part of the joint weekend of the @goc.org.uk Berkshire, Oxford, South Wales & West Wales groups, followed by a fine pub lunch #LGBToutdoors
April 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thirteen members met on a gloriously sunny morning in the Cricketers public house, ideally placed the end of our return journey refreshments #LGBToutdoors 🏳️‍🌈 www.goc.org.uk/reports/dors...
Dorset Group 30Mar25: Hod Hill and Hambledon Hill - Gay Outdoor Club
Thirteen members met on a gloriously sunny morning in the Cricketers public house, ideally placed the end of our return journey refreshments. The first part of the journey was a steady climb up to the...
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April 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The late winter heatwave may have passed, but there was still a hint of sunshine as 20 members gathered at Birmingham Cathedral to start a 9.5 mile urban hike #LGBToutdoors 🏳️‍🌈 www.goc.org.uk/reports/a-bi...
A big Brum day out - Gay Outdoor Club
The late winter heatwave may have passed, but there was still a hint of sunshine as 20 members gathered at Birmingham Cathedral to start a 9.5 mile urban hike. The GOC isn't just about rural walks, th...
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March 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This was a point-to-point walk from Hampstead Heath, then SSE to Goodge Street, London #LGBToutdoors 🏳️‍🌈 www.goc.org.uk/reports/08-f...
08 Feb 2025: Architecture, Artists and Spies !! – London NW - Gay Outdoor Club
This was a point-to-point walk from Hampstead Heath, then SSE to Goodge Street, London. The usual stats: Event led by Khris R. Attendance: 2 women and 28 men. Distance: 6.08 miles (9.8 km). Altitude p...
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March 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The sun was shining on the virtuous after days of dreary weather when 11 members met outside Durweston Church #LGBToutdoors www.goc.org.uk/reports/dors...
Dorset Group 9Feb25: Blandford Forest & Ancient Ringmoor - Gay Outdoor Club
The sun was shining on the virtuous after days of dreary weather when 11 members met outside Durweston Church. Most of the party had never walked in that area and were certainly immediately impressed ...
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February 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM