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Category: Fun ActivitiesThe news items published under this category are as follows.
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Water Jet Pack Flying has got to be one of the coolest things to do. Fly through the air powered by a jet of water.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 5, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 5
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £200
Read full article: 'Water Jet Pack Flight' (1887 bytes more)  
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There are lots of different driving experiences available. Choose from driving a tank, 4x4 or racing car. Learn skills such as rallying, drifting, and skid control. Use a safe environmentt to demonstrate your driving skills and impress your mates
Read full article: 'Driving Experiences' (7517 bytes more)
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THE FASTEST SHOW ON EARTH RETURNS TO THE UK!
You won't see anything like the amazing roller skating spectacular that is the show Starlight Express. The cast perform the show speeding along tracks around the audience, singing and dancing as they go.
Now you can win tickets to see the 2012-2013 tour of Starlight Express as it tours the UK. It's as simple as putting up a poster in your roller sports club.
Read full article: 'Win Tickets to the UK 2012-2013 Tour of Starlight Express' (3141 bytes more)
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Outdoor photography is a great pastime where you can be creative with capturing images of your favourite things outdoors. You can take photos of people, objects, anaimals and landscapes. You can photograph outdoor action or just a lovely scene.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 3, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 3
Time needed: whatever you want Cost to try: £20 for a digital camera
Read full article: 'Outdoor Photography' (11181 bytes more)
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Go Karting is a fantastic activity that can be done outdoors or indoors where you race around a track in a squat four wheeled kart with tiny wheels and a petrol engine on the back. High speed fun.
Skills - Strength: 4, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 3, Agility: 1, Coordination: 4
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £34
Read full article: 'Go Karting' (5524 bytes more)
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RC car and bike racing is a great way tobe outdoors and demonstrate your skill without having to exert yourself. RC cars and bikes are powered by battery or petrol motors and these days can really shift.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 5
Time needed: 1 hour, Cost to try: £free
Read full article: 'Radio Controlled Car and Bike Racing' (4549 bytes more)
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The imagery in games that are available today is amazing and the movements look so real, almost as if you are watching a television show. It's so easy to just sit there in your virtual world, but what about doing the real deal outdoors?
Note: Many thanks to Tim Bashista for writing this article.
Read full article: 'Games vs. Golf - Indoors or Outdoors' (6020 bytes more)
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Slacklining is a dynamic balance sport, which involves walking, balancing, bouncing and even flipping on a stretchy line tensioned between two trees or anchor points. Walking across a slackline is like bouncing across a very thin trampoline.
Skills - Strength: 5, Balance: 10, Flexibility: 6, Agility: 7, Coordination: 10
Time needed: travelling time +12 hours, Cost to try: £free
Read full article: 'Slacklining' (5433 bytes more)
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Go Ape, the UK’s No.1 Tree Top Adventure, set up a fantastic site in London at the end of March 2012. Join the likes of TOm Daley and Go Ape on a high ropes adventure course up in the trees with huge rope swings and zip wires that are fantastic!
Read full article: 'Go Ape London' (2196 bytes more)
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Sandboarding gives you the rush of boarding on sand, as opposed to snowboarding on snow. And if you think it won't be fast, you'll wnat to have a go once you read on.
Read full article: 'Sandboarding' (4958 bytes more)
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Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area.
Skills - Strength: 3, Balance: 5, Flexibility: 3, Agility: 1, Coordination: 5
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £20
Read full article: 'Curling' (260 bytes more)
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Snow Tubing and Doughnutting is high speed fun in the snow from sitting in a large inflatable ring and sliding at speed down a snowy hill.
Skills - Strength: 3, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 1
Time needed: 1 hour, Cost to try: £10
Read full article: 'Snow Tubing and Doughnutting' (4512 bytes more)
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Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, music, and dance
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Skills - Strength: 5, Balance: 7, Flexibility: 7, Agility: 7, Coordination:7
Time needed: 1 hour, Cost to try: £6 per lesson
Read full article: 'Capoeira' (812 bytes more)
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Camping is where you live outdoors using a tent for shelter.
Skills - Strength: 3, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 3, Agility: 3, Coordination: 3
Time needed: 2 days or more, Cost to try: £30 per night site fees, plus all of your camping gear. (I would borrow it before you buy it in case it isn't for you).
Read full article: 'Camping' (8711 bytes more)
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Beach Activities cover not just the sand, but the waves and air too. Sandcastles, volleyball and kite surfing are just a few of the things you can do at the beach. But read on as there are plenty more ideas...
Skills - Strength: 1-6, Balance: 1-6, Flexibility: 1-5, Agility: 1-8, Coordination: 1-8
Time needed: As long as you want, Cost to try: £Free depending on gear needed.
Read full article: 'Things to do at the Beach' (2736 bytes more)
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Geocaching is the use of a global positioning system (GPS) to find hidden caches of items. You then take an item and leave an item in the cache.
Skills - Strength: 2, Balance: 2, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 2, Coordination: 1
Time needed: 2 hours, Cost to try: £free is you borrow a GPS, else
Read full article: 'Geocaching With a GPS' (10661 bytes more)
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Backyard Sleepovers are where you camp in the back garden. No need to travel and you get the comforts of home nearby.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 1
Time needed: all night, Cost to try: £free
Read full article: 'Backyard Sleepovers' (230 bytes more)
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Me Tarzan, you Jane? Fancy flying along a zip wire 10m in the air surrounded by a forest? Then you want to get yourself to an outdoor adventure course!
Assault Courses and Obstacle Courses are a physical challenge that consist of physical obstacles to get past. These include use of strength, balance, and general fitness.
Skills - Strength: 6, Balance: 6, Flexibility: 6, Agility: 6, Coordination: 6
Time needed: 1 hour, Cost to try: Free or minimal cost.
Read full article: 'Assault Courses and Obstacle Courses' (3929 bytes more)
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Archery is where you use a bow to shoot an arrow at a target.
Skills - Strength: 4, Balance: 3, Flexibility: 3, Agility: 1, Coordination: 6
Time needed: 1 hour, Cost to try: £10
Read full article: 'Archery' (4285 bytes more)
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Airsoft is a primarily recreational activity where replica firearms shooting plastic rounds are used for personal collection, gaming (similar to Paintball), or professional training purposes (Military Simulations and Police training exercises).
Skills - Strength: 5, Balance: 3, Flexibility: 4, Agility: 4, Coordination: 7
Time needed: 3 hours, Cost to try: £50
Read full article: 'Airsoft' (1260 bytes more)
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Model rockets are not just the water launched stomp rockets, but they are powered by a rocket motor that propels them up to 500 metres into the sky, coming back to Earth via a parachute to be used again (by adding a new motor pack.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 1
Time needed: 30mins to an hour, Cost to try: £5+ depending on the rocket
Read full article: 'Model Rockets' (865 bytes more)
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RC Airplanes and Helicopters are a fun hobby where you use a radio link to control aircraft remotely. They range from small toys to large high speed aircraft.
Skills - Strength: 2, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 8
Time needed: 30mins or more, Cost to try: £15+
Read full article: 'Model Airplanes and Helicopters' (1518 bytes more)
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