10 Jaw-Droppingly Different Stag Do Ideas
Booze, partying and falling over is certainly all well and good, but with more and more grooms opting to add personal touches to their wedding, why should the stag do be done by the numbers? Here’s a look at some offbeat staggery, from caving to erm, duck races.
The Crumball Rally
Cost: Varies per rally. Somewhere between £150 and £300.
The more light hearted British cousin of the cross European idiot magnet The Gumball Rally, The Crumball organisers arrange rallies across the UK and Europe that are more focused on celebrating battered old Britishness than souped up exhaust systems. There are several rallies a year, but they fill up fast and tailgating isn’t appreciated, so get on it fast if you fancy the road trip.
Pros – Lovely scenery, relaxing journey, cool cars.
Cons - The inevitable tragic hierarchy of the lonely specialist motoring enthusiast.
Stuntman Training
Cost: Upwards of £100 depending on the activity.
Most Stag Dos generally involve somebody falling over, into or off something, but at a stuntman training course, trained staff will teach you and your mates how to do it with destructive style. Involving physical and mechanical activities, the British Action Academy teach courses with the best in the business at Pinewood Studios, where they shot the majority of the Bond movies and was most recently, Morgan Freeman’s testing ground for the Batmobile in The Dark Knight.
Pros: Unique and reasonably dangerous, yet in safe hands.
Cons: Certainly no pre-match drinking.
Surf and Sandboarding
Cost: £20 per person for a two hour session at Devon’s Barefoot Surf School, with discounts for more than eight participants.
Originating in ancient China on slabs of leather, and now an extreme popular extreme sport in the UK, Sandboarding is a sort of topless snowboarding, trading snow for soft, billowy sand dunes of varying extremities.
Pros: No thick layers, shorts and a bikini.
Cons: Sand everywhere for at least 6 weeks.
Rubber Duck Racing
Cost: Free to small donation.
Rubber duck racing is a quirky group activity that starts off a good laugh then becomes surprisingly tense towards the finish, as the small yellow fellows begin to represent superiority and glory in its purest form. The races are usually accompanied with a few drinks by a river, often are for charity and take place nationwide. The winner of last year’s Yorkshire Duck Race managed the course in a record 34 minutes and 23 seconds. We’ve found that betting incredible amounts of money can really add to the tension as well – there really is nothing like screaming at a tiny yellow duck safe in the knowledge that unless it gets its arse in gear Big Chris is going to be taking your TV.
Pros: Charitable and lazy day by the river.
Cons: Adapted ducks are forbidden from the competition. All’s fair in love and duck racing.
Caving in Cheddar 
Cost: Between £140 and £250 depending on group size.
Although a big no-no for any sufferers of claustrophobia, or simply those particularly unnerved by ‘The Descent’, caving is otherwise a perfect group activity for those who don’t mind spending an afternoon on their raw hands and knees in cold, damp, dark tunnels. The Adventure Caving Company, based in Britain’s human burrowing capital of Cheddar, offer a variety of different experiences for all skill sets, from those on the verge of becoming Gollum himself to anyone who won’t go in the attic alone.
Pros: You get to wear a light on your head!
Cons: You have to give it back at the end.
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