Afternoon stag ideas - Newcastle and Edinburgh

[SpeckledJim]

A two-centre stag weekend looms. 1 night in Newcastle 3rd March and 2 nights in Edinburgh 4th and 5th March.

The nights look after themselves, but I'm looking for a few ideas for the afternoons:

A) weekday afternoon in central Newcastle on Thursday 3rd March

B) daytime the following day, anywhere between Newcastle and Edinburgh

C) saturday afternoon in Edinburgh on the 5th March. Hibs play Rangers, is there anything better!?


Active stuff is fine, brainy stuff fine, silly stuff fine, but not the normal quad bikes and clay pigeons, etc. We've done that stuff to death.

Anyone know of anything interesting going on?

[PH5121]

Surfing at the coast - the Northumberland coast is great.

Mountain biking in one of the forests of Northumberland.

Walking along Hadrians Wall / visiting some of the Roman museums.

(None are particularly Stag do-ish)

[DavesFlaps]

SpeckledJim said:

C) saturday afternoon in Edinburgh on the 5th March. Hibs play Rangers, is there anything better!?

There's nothing better than watching the Hibs, however you should be aware it's possible this game will be moved for TV.

[ellroy]

Stadium tour at St.James'?

[Patch1875]

DavesFlaps said:

There's nothing better than watching the Hibs, however you should be aware it's possible this game will be moved for TV.

Agreed!

[Simon Brooks]

Friday early evening to a few beers in, before moving on

Fri 4 Mar 2016

19:35 Edinburgh v Connacht H - GUINNESS PRO12 2015/16

[Sargeant Orange]

We did dodgeball in Newcastle which was great fun

[benjj]

Sea fishing from one of the ports. Not expensive per head and great fun.

[RFC1]

Nothing better than watching the Rangers mate.! although i might struggle watching them from the Hibs end!.

ETA as the above Hibbee mentioned it will probably be punted to some ungodly hour for TV............

Edited by RFC1 on Thursday 7th January 16:58

[Orillion]

Clay pigeon shooting?

http://www.stevesmiths.co.uk/the-ground/corporate-...

[Disastrous]

Orillion said:

Clay pigeon shooting?

http://www.stevesmiths.co.uk/the-ground/corporate-...

Or maybe quad biking...

[SteveScooby]

http://www.thequadfather.com

I went on a Stag Do to Newcastle in October and we went quad biking. Cracking few hours, 15 mins taxi from city centre

[750turbo]

RFC1 said:

Nothing better than watching the Rangers mate.! although i might struggle watching them from the Hibs end!.

ETA as the above Hibbee mentioned it will probably be punted to some ungodly hour for TV............

Edited by RFC1 on Thursday 7th January 16:58

We did that a good few years ago, The Bears scored, and my mate got a boot on the back of the head, it was a tense afternoon after that, still we won

Anyway, entertainment wise - Does the <cough> "Pubic Triangle" still exist?

[anonymous-user]

Learning to cook in a medieval setting at one of Newcastle's top restaurants and enjoy a few glasses of wine whilst you're at it..?

http://lookingtocook.co.uk/blackfriars-restaurant-...

[anonymous-user]

And Alnwick may be an option for the day after as a place to stop off, obviously there is the famous castle and associated stuff, but it's a nice historic market town aside from that...

There are loads of castles on that (stunning) coast line, including the very imposing Bamburgh, which is just north of ..

The http://www.shipinnnewton.co.uk/gallery.html - which is a great place to stop off for some lunch - right on the beach, lovely setting, famous crab sarnies/fresh seafood, good beer..

[AlasdairMc]

750turbo said:

Anyway, entertainment wise - Does the <cough> "Pubic Triangle" still exist?

Yep, it's still there.

Fat bike tour along the beach at North Berwick? http://fatbiketours.co.uk

[wildcat45]

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SteveScooby said:

http://www.thequadfather.com

I went on a Stag Do to Newcastle in October and we went quad biking. Cracking few hours, 15 mins taxi from city centre

My former workmate - and good friend - Paul started that. He sold it now to someone else that I know. It is great fun and a decent location. It's next to Northumbalandia Google it. Basically a huge landscaped naked woman with huge grass covered tits.

There is a company at Tynemouth that will teach you surfing for a few hours. Actually a trip down to Tynemouth could be a decent afternoon for some beers and food, a wander round the castle and priory or the beaches. 10 mins in a cab from town.

There is also a firm round here hat has a bus and takes you to film locations from things like Get Carter.

Get yourselves down Ocean Rooad in South Shields for a lunchtime curry perhaps?

[aberdeeneuan]

All sorts in Edinburgh to be honest. We did rage buggies on my brothers, Karting on the outdoor track near Edinburgh on mine (it started snowing in our final session which was a bit lively as a result!), pool in a place fountainbridge on the last one I did, really depends on the group your with.

[Jimmy Recard]

Afternoon plans for a stag weekend? I'd be eating junk food in bed, recovering from the night before and trying to prepare for the night ahead.