Top 10 highs and lows of an expedition across Iceland

4th October 2010 > Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff, Travel

Being big fans of everything ‘off the beaten track’ we love an adventurer at Ooh.com.

A favourite adventurer of ours is Alastair Humphreys, who has recently returned from an unsupported crossing of Iceland with his photographer mate Chris Herwig.  Carrying 40kg packs containing all of the food they needed, camping gear, and equipment for both glacier crossing and packrafting, Alistair and Chris crossed Iceland, trekking inland from Iceland’s north coast and then paddling the length of Iceland’s longest river to the Southern coast and Atlantic Ocean.

Here Alistair shares with us his top ten highs and lows of their 24 day trip.

1. Discovering that one of the most varied, deserted, beautiful wildernesses I have ever been to is only 3 hours away from London with Iceland Express.

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Daily Edit – it’s a bucket list Monday for Adventure trips

27th September 2010 > Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff, Travel

Monday morning – a new day, a new week and a whole new set of listings on Ooh.com.  While one week we might find the front page of Ooh.com filled to the brim with new craft or cooking activities and courses – this Monday it seems that it’s big adventures that are on the agenda and we have a front page filled with them.

Whale watching from sea kayaks in the lagoons of Patagonia anyone?

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Top 10 things not to miss at Vintage at Goodwood this weekend

9th August 2010 > Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff

Vintage at Goodwood festival (13th-15th Aug) - A weekend of music, dressing up, fun and frolics dedicated to everything retro and vintage from the 1940’s – 1980’s.

Here’s our visitors guide to the best bits and what not to miss.

1. Vintage is a state of mind – and a strong look:

Visit the Beauty Boutique salon on the High Street (pre book an appointment) and be transformed into a glamourous glamourpuss from a bygone era. Or… boys, visit The Salon and get yourself a ducks ass – it’s a kooky old hair style and we love it! You too can look like this guy…

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Top five vintage outdoor games

3rd August 2010 > Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff

Retain your title in the cool stakes this summer with tres chic outdoor games.

Our friends at French Kiss Vintage give us the low down on their top 5 vintage games.

1. Pétanque – best for fashionistas

Back in May, one of our favourite fashion bloggers Garance Doré reported from the frontline of Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel cruise showcase on a pavement cafe lined street of St Tropez. But aside from the spectacle of Georgia May Jagger rocking up on a motorbike with Sebastien Jondeau to close the show, the pictures that got everyone talking were the ones taken later in the evening, depicting Chanel muse Vanessa Paradis and Diane Kruger partaking in that quintessentially Gallic of pastimes: Pétanque


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Pimp my pothole…and other stories

22nd July 2010 > Craft & Creative, Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff

Claudia Ficca and Davide Luciano, are a normal young Canadian couple from Montreal. But they share a dirty secret – they pimp potholes for kicks…

After locating the perfect pothole,  in just one 5 -10 minute take, without stopping traffic or shutting off the street and without any photoshop-type messing they create these amazing fantasy and illusion full photos:

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The world’s most civilised summer festival – Serenata, Dorset

25th June 2010 > Food, Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff

For the 5,000 people who will make it down to the Jurassic coast of Dorset for the Serenata festival this Summer, 26th-28th Aug, festivalling will be about a lot more than boozing, dodgy portaloos and dancing wildly up at the front.

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The 12 quirkiest British things to do this summer

4th June 2010 > Craft & Creative, Food, Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff, Travel

From the Last Night of the Proms in London to Bog Biking in Wales, check out our list of some of the quirkiest and some of the most whacky traditional things to do and see in the UK that comprise the back bone of a truly British summer.

Man vs Horse Competition

12th June, Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales

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The best secret gardens for eating and drinking, in and around London

2nd June 2010 > Food, Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff

When it’s hot and muggy in the city and you’re in need of a place to eat a little farther from the madding crowd; when you are looking to perch on more than a strip of be-awninged pavement where, for want of fresh air, you might as well suck on the exhausts of passing lorries, look no further than our list of the best calm oasis to sit, eat and relax in this summer.

The Rooftops

The Boundary 2-4 Boundary Street, Shoreditch, London, E2 7DD

Relaxed and chic

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Model for Norway

28th May 2010 > Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff, Sport, Travel

Ever fancied yourself as a postcard model… don’t be shy now. The Ooh.com team was pretty excited to find out about a cool new advertising campaign the Norwegian tourist board is running. They want US, or YOU to model for them…

So, are you aged between 25-65? Do you have a ‘vibrant’ personality and do you like lolloping about in the great outdoors?? Well then…

Norway needs YOU!

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Chelsea Flower Show 2010: all you need to know

26th May 2010 > Craft & Creative, Food, Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff, Travel

Why? Chelsea Flower Show or as it was then known the Great Spring Show was first held in Kensington, London in 1862 and is today the world’s most famous flower show.  A symbol of the start of the british summer, its sets the trends, features the newest and most desirable gardening products and showcases horticultural excellence of the worlds leading nurseries and growers.

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