A delightful 3-night stay on one of the best coastlines in the UK (if not the world!)
When and where
Friday 8th to Monday 11th May at YHA Boswinger, right near the coast path and 15 mins walk to a lovely beach.
We recommend taking at least half of 8th and all day 11th off as annual leave (it's a 3.5 hour drive from Bristol).
Cost
Low income place: £90
Queer person of colour place: £90
Recommended price place: £130
Supporter place: £160
Prices include 3 nights accommodation in a dorm and most of your meals (see food below). We can take payments in installments.
If you have never been on one of our trips and cost is a barrier to attending, please email queerhikingbristol@gmail.com before registration opens and we may be able to partially or fully fund your place.
Email any questions to queerhikingbristol@gmail.com.
We're not qualified or insured. By coming along you do so at your own risk.
Sorry, no dogs.
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We’ll be in dorm accommodation at YHA Boswinger.
Dorm size will range from 2-6 people.
Group size is 28, including leaders and chefs.
We have exclusive use of the bunkhouse.
All bathrooms are gender neutral.
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Almost fully catered - we’ve got the very excellent Robbie from Serving Bristol cooking us up a storm again.
You’ll get 2 dinners, 3 lunches and 3 breakfasts. Breakfasts and lunches are a help yourself affair, usually cereals, toasts, fruit etc in the morning, and all the trappings to make yourself a packed lunch. We’ll go out to the pub for dinner one night - cost is extra.
Most dietary requirements can be catered for (vegans and GFs, we’ve got you).
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We’re working out the final details, but it will look something like the below. You can opt in/out of any activities.
Friday evening: arrival, dinner and introductions
Saturday day: a couple of hike options along the coast path
Saturday evening: pub dinner somewhere local
Sunday day: 3-5 mile hike and optional activity (yoga, watersports, sauna etc)
Sunday evening: dinner and games at the bunkhouse
Monday day: short hike, coffee and cake before heading back to Bristol
If you’ve never been on one of our trips before, here’s a sample itinerary from our last trip.
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The coast path is very up and down, with some rocky terrain. We’re hoping to offer a couple of options but you should be comfortable walking at least 4-5 miles.
We ask for access needs so we can chat to you about what to expect and work out if it might be best to sit any hikes or activities out.
Group trips mean we move at group pace. Some people are faster, some are slower. We’ll take regular breaks and it may mean if you’re a faster walker there’s a bit more waiting around.
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Likely to be rideshares.
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We’re now taking a 20% non-refundable deposit from each booking, except for low income and QPOC places. That works out at:
Supporter: £32
Recommended: £26
If we can find someone to take your place, we can offer you a refund minus the deposit if you cancel within 3 weeks of the trip (we can usually find someone as we tend to have long waitlists). If we can’t replace you, we can’t offer a refund.
Places are non-transferable. If you need to cancel please email queerhikingbristol@gmail.com.
In the 3 weeks before the trip we cannot offer any refunds. You can take out travel insurance to get a refund if you get ill beforehand.
This policy is in place so we can continue to run our events at low cost for people.
How to sign up
Registration is open from 9am on 19th February until 10pm on 22nd February.
After it closes, use the form to sign up to the waitlist
Places are drawn randomly after registration closes. We make sure there’s enough drivers and we’ll select a minimum of 10 people who’ve never been or only been once on a trip with us before.
If you’re drawn, you'll get an email confirming the trip and payment details
If you do not get drawn, you'll also get an email to let you know and you’ll automatically go on the waitlist
We recommend adding queerhikingbristol@gmail.com to your safe senders list
There's an option to add the name of someone you'd like to attend with. We can't guarantee they'll also be picked, but there'll be a portion of the draw that will be for plus ones of people picked, so they'll go into the pool for that. They will still need to fill in the form themselves.
Please email any questions to queerhikingbristol@gmail.com.
We're not qualified or insured. By coming along you do so at your own risk.
Registration form
Registration opens 19th Feb