Win a weekend holiday for your family at Scotland’s No1 Mountain Biking Hostel.
Win a break for 4 in a private room for 2 nights, including bike hire, at Comrie Croft. Comfire Croft is a 200-year-old farmstead in the Scottish Hills just over one hours drive from Edinburgh or Glasgow. Among the facilities are a standard and en-suite private rooms, a cosy living room with books, games and movies, and full self-catering facilities. The Croft is getting rave reviews for the quality of mountain biking on their handbuilt trails, plus there are miles of hill tracks and easier family friendly valley routes nearby. To find out more about Comrie Croft click here
To enter this competition we want you to send us an article about your favourite place for enjoying the great outdoors. We want to hear about what activities you get up to, recommendations for day trips, walks, beaches or places to eat, as well as walking, cyling or climbing routes. The articles can be as long or short as you like, and it would be great to have a photo or two to accompany your entry.
The best articles will be posted on our website, with links also on our Facebook and Twitter profiles. Everyone who enters the competition will receive a free copy of the Independent Hostel Guide Book, and the overall winner will be chosen by the hostel owners of Comrie Croft.
To show your interest in entering our competition contact us , and we will email you the finer details of how to send us your entry. To see current articles being featured on our site click here Published on : August , 2010
Special Offer of a Free copy of the Independent Hostel Guide to celebrate our partnership with Berghaus
The Independent Hostel Guide is ideal for anyone who enjoys active outdoor holidays. The inch thick 2010 guide retails for £4.95 and details 330 great places to stay in the most beautiful areas of England, Wales and Scotland. Accommodation can be booked by the night, family and private rooms are often available and private bookings of the whole hostel are ideal for groups.
We are offering 200 free copies of the guide to celebrate our partnership with Berghaus. To obtain your guidebook submit your address here choosing the option "Berghaus Offer" in the enquiry box. While you are waiting for your guide to arrive why not have a look at some of the hostels by clicking on the regions on the left or win yourself a free holiday by entering the competitions below.
The free guides will be posted 2nd Class on 10th August 2010. Published on : February , 2010
Win a weekend holiday for your family or friends in the Welsh speaking village of Gerlan in Snowdonia.
This prize of a free weekends accommodation for five people at Caban Cysgu, is ideal for families, walkers and mountain bikers.
Caban Cysgu bunkhouse is run by the local community and you are guaranteed a genuine warm Welsh welcome. You will have your own room, containing 5 bunks/beds which are made up with fresh linen and duvets all ready to sleep in. There is a self catering kitchen and dining area where you can create your own meals and share the days stories with other guests.
Gerlan is at the foot of the Carneddau mountains, overlooking Ogwen valley. It is a great location for walking and an ideal basecamp for climbing Tryfan and Snowdon. Some of the best mountain biking trails in Wales are 15 minutes drive away and the bunkhouse is within a mile of the family friendly Lôn Las Ogwen Sustrans cycle route. Rock-climbing is available nearby at Idwal Slabs, Ogwen Valley and the Carneddau Crags. For more leisurely pursuits, you can visit Coed Meurig, Penrhyn Castle or the Greenwood Centre. Shops, pubs and cafes in Bethesda are within walking distance.
The bunkhouse is fully heated and has hot showers, drying rooms and bike storage. The prize excludes Easter holidays and Half Terms and is subject to availability at the time of the booking. To find out more about Caban Cysgu click here.
We awarded this prize in April to the MCrea Family who sent us the best article about a holiday they had in one of our hostels. A new article about their stay at Caban Cysgu will appear soon. The articles can be seen here. Watch this space to find out about the next prize.
If you wish to submit an article about your stay at a hostel, bunkhouse or camping barn, send a message to Sam on the link below. The articles do not need to say much about the accommodation (although if an aspect of where you stayed made the holiday it would be good to know). We are really interested in what you did while you were there, any recommendations for good day trips, nice walks, secret beaches or places to eat. If your stay was part of a touring holiday, by bike, bus or car we would be interested to know your route and other places you stayed.
It would be great to know a bit about you and your fellow holiday makers, let us know if Kristy really enjoyed the Sheppards Pie or Edd got a puncture on the top of High Tor. The articles can be quite short or very detailed and should include one photo. The best articles will be posted on our website and we will award prizes to articles which made us "wish we were there".
To see current articles being featured click here.
To submit your article or article idea click here, and we will be in touch soon. Published on : November 3rd, 2009
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