December 2011
Welcome to the Christmas Edition of the Adventure Eyes Newsletter It’s been a while but rest assured lots has
and introducing loads of new features to the site,
Read on to get the low down of what’s been
happened in the Adventure Eyes camp. Between moving HQ
life has been full and as exciting as ever.
going on at Adventure Eyes.
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keep you occupied. With the countrywide Adventure Events Calendar there is something to feast your
The Adventure Eyes Monster Ride Total is in! For those of you with good memories, cast
eyes on most weekends throughout the year, and as for the Adventure Information - be assured we are travelling up the country as fast as we can. The UK will be Adventure Eyesʼd!
NEW Adventure Information added to the Adventure Search on the Main Site in the last few months:
your minds back to August of this year when three gals took on the ride of their summer for Mountain Rescue. Having completed the journey from Lands End to John OʼGroats in just under 14 days, the ladies have now got a final total for their efforts. An impressive £1052 found its way to Mountain Rescue England and Wales and £200 pounds worth of cash donations were given to the Mountain Rescue Committee Scotland. Thank you all for your support and donations and watch this space for more journeys and fund raising events from the Adventure Eyes Team in 2012!
Adventure Search Update Here at Adventure Eyes HQ the main focus of our efforts centres on developing and providing Adventure Information. As fast as we research the adventures, information is being brought to you via our Main Site and Blog. Whilst we are still focusing on the south of the country and working our way up, this by no means means that the coverage weʼre providing stops there. If an area near you hasnʼt got Adventure Information live yet, there is still plenty more to
Devon - Paddling & Kite Sports Somerset - Climbing, Kite Sports & Paddling Dorset - Surfing & Climbing South & North Wales - Kite Sports Mid Wales - Mountain Biking.
The Photo Competition With life happening in front of our noses everyday, itʼs nice to take a step back, look at it through a lens and slow it all down. With this in mind we got a little photo competition going to see what you were getting up to. We were blown away by the response and the stunning shots you sent our way. From the top of the world to weird looking bugs - we had it all! The overall winner of the 12 week competition was Tim Mosedale and his shot ʻfreezingʼ the moments he experienced on his Everest Expedition earlier this year. Well done to Tim and all of the other photographers who entered. Watch this space for another photo competition and gallery in the new year. 2]
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Guide books, films and more
A Night Out With The Dartmoor
now available on the Blog!
Search and Rescue Team
Following the successful launch of the Adventure
One slightly mizzly and very dark evening back in
Eyes Shop on the Main Site earlier this year we have now made many of the items available through the Adventure Eyes Blog too. This now means that you can browse the Adventure Eyes ʻShelvesʼ regardless of whether youʼre on a ʻflash
October, Kate from Adventure Eyes headed out into the night to meet a group of red clad strangers on Dartmoor. What on earth was she doing wandering around in the dark with a bunch of strangers you may
enabledʼ gadget or not.
ask!? Well, Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (Ashburton) had invited Kate out on an night training
London Surf Film Festival Adventure Eyes Heads to the
exercise to help to show what kind of rescues they can be involved with. The night was both informative and inspirational in
Big City! As much as we like to ʻshout aboutʼ Adventure Events, we also like to go to them ourselves. The
one hit, so thank you again to the guys and gals at Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (Ashburton). If you want find out more about this exercise and read the article head to the Adventure Eyes Blog.
first ever London Surf Film Festival seemed a good opportunity to take off our muddy boots, brush off the tube map and head to the city to watch the premiers of some of the best surf films in the world. With tickets courtesy of A1Surf, we enjoyed a night of
Memberʼs Articles and Interviews As always we want to hear what youʼve been getting up to. So over the last few months we have published two reflective articles and one interview documenting the Adventures had by our
entertainment as jaw dropping visions of intrepid surfers filled our eyes. A fantastic event, and well worth a trip if you get the chance in 2012.
Members. With Jay Jacksonʼs gripping account of a solo climb at a crag in Devon called the Dewerstone, Paul Lewisʼs inspirational portrayal
(Image: Finnish surfer after a chilling -25 degree surf!)
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of climbing Ama Dablam and Tim Mosedaleʼs events on Everest, we had a lot to pass your
following papers or magazines. Many thanks go to: Mountain Rescue Magazine, The A1Surf Daily,
way. If you missed any of these articles you can find them on the Adventure Eyes Blog, theyʼre definitely worth a read.
The Bike For Life Daily, The inMotion Kitesurfing Daily, The FatCycleRider Daily, WaveriderLive, The Great British End to End Weekly, The Devon & Dartmoor Week, The Wave Carve, The Walking and Camping Daily, The Kayaking Daily, The
Prize Giveaway!
Walking24/7 Daily, and The Weekender Daily Ideas for publishing feature articles and mentions over the last few months.
ʻTwas the weeks before Christmas and all through the Adventure Eyes house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse...ʼ Feeling Christmassy and having recently recruited some elves, we decided to pack up some stocking fillers and put them up for grabs in a ʻLike it, Share it, Tweet itʼ competition. Using our social networking sites to float some prizes
-NEW FEATUREIntroducing The Adventure Eyes Venture Pass!
on the world wide web we set you the challenge to ʻlike usʼ and share us on Facebook and retweet us on Twitter, and you certainly rose to the challenge, but unfortunately there could only be two winners. From
As Adventure Eyes is continuing to grow we are always thinking of new ways to give you something interesting to feast your eyes on, but also something to inspire you to get out and about even more! After putting our adventure heads together we have come up with the Adventure Eyes Venture Pass. This Pass gives you access to a range of discounts with our featured organisations, allowing your pennies to
across the pond a big “welcome and well done” goes to Kelsey Ivey in the US for winning the Twitter part of the competition, and
go further. This pass will be launched in 2012 and with every Venture Pass bought we will give £1 to Mountain Rescue, so everyoneʼs a winner! Keep your eyes peeled for this one, itʼs going to be a bit good!
from a little closer to home, another big “well done” goes to Al Pewsey in Devon for winning the Facebook side of things. Happy Christmas to both of you.
Where have you seen Adventure Eyes? It may have been out on the road in our Adventure Eyes van or in one or more of the
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to various parts of the main site to make your experience with Adventure Eyes better.
New look home page, what do
Drop us an email or give us call with any suggestions or feedback to help us continue to drive the Adventure Eyes vision onwards and upwards!
you think? Adventure Eyes was created as a platform to share information, adventure stories and much more, and for our part in this process we want to know what 驶YOU始 think about Adventure Eyes. More specifically the new look home page. For
As Ever a Huge Thank You to all of the Instructors, Guides, Outdoor Shops, Accommodation, Course and Activity Providers that have chosen to be part of Adventure Eyes. Without your sponsorship and involvement all of the above wouldn始t be happening! With over 288,000 site visitors and 5,500 downloads in the last 6months we are doing well but don始t want to stop there, so keep checking us out for new features as the months progress.
For further information on any features in the Adventure Eyes Christmas Newsletter please head to Adventure-Eyes.Com
the die hard Adventure Eyes fans (who we know there are many), you may have noted changes
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at Adventure Eyes
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